Somewhat like mangled torso next to start of funicular (4,2)
I believe the answer is:
sort of
'somewhat' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'mangled torso next to start of funicular' is the wordplay.
'mangled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'next to' says to put letters next to each other.
'start of' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'funicular' is 'f'.
'torso' anagrammed gives 'sorto'.
'sorto'+'f'='SORT OF'
'like' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for sort of that I've seen before include "in a way" , "Possibly, to an extent" , "Somewhat" , "Not quite, but almost" , "Not exactly" .)