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incongruously

incongruously adverb: in an incongruous manner.

Adverb

incongruously (comparative more incongruously, superlative most incongruously)

  1. In an incongruous manner.
    • A burly Negro guard opened the door. Single file, past gleaming Cadillacs sitting incongruously in the low-ceilinged squat dusty garage, they followed him to a panel door in the rear.1970, Wally Ferris, Across 110th, page 67
    • It was a long, long list[of problems], but Mr. Stink listened to everything she said as jolly Christmas songs played incongruously in the background.2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Forms of incongruously

comparativemore incongruously
superlativemost incongruously

Origin of incongruously

From incongruous + -ly.

Questions about incongruously

What does incongruously mean?
Incongruously means in an incongruous manner.
What part of speech is incongruously?
Incongruously is an adverb.

Words near incongruously in the dictionary

  1. incongruently
  2. incongruities
  3. incongruitous
  4. incongruity
  5. incongruous
  6. incongruously
  7. incongruousness
  8. incongruousnesses
  9. inconjugable
  10. inconjugatable
  11. inconjunct

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