Soft, or daft, in a way (4,2)
I believe the answer is:
sort of
'in a way' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'soft or daft' is the wordplay.
'daft' is an anagram indicator.
'soft'+'or'='softor'
'softor' with letters rearranged gives 'SORT OF'.
(Other definitions for sort of that I've seen before include "Not quite, but almost" , "Possibly, to an extent" , "To some (great or small) extent" , "in a way" , "Somewhat" .)