incongruently

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adverb

In an incongruent way.

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Meanings

adverbincongruently (comparative more incongruently, superlative most incongruently)

comparative more incongruently · superlative most incongruently

  1. In an incongruent way.

    The originally Teutophilic narrative veers decidedly in a new direction when an entry from a Francophilic 'American correspondent,' whose language is incongruently lush and hyperbolic, depicts Germans using tactics and combat procedures ...

    2005, Charles E. Gannon, Rumors of War and Infernal Machines: Technomilitary Agenda-setting in American and British Speculative Fiction, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 30

Origin

From incongruent + -ly or in- + congruently.

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APA

incongruently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incongruently

MLA

“incongruently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incongruently. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incongruently,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incongruently.

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