Meanings
comparative more incongruously · superlative most incongruously
- In an incongruous manner.
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, →ISBN1 more example
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
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Translations
Catalan incòngruament
- incòngruamentin an incongruous manner
Czech nemístně
- nemístněin an incongruous manner
French incongrûment, de manière incongrue
- incongrûmentin an incongruous manner
- de manière incongruein an incongruous manner
German unpassenderweise
- unpassenderweisein an incongruous manner
Italian incongruentemente
- incongruentementein an incongruous manner
Portuguese de forma incongruente, incongruentemente
- de forma incongruentein an incongruous manner
- incongruentementein an incongruous manner
Spanish incongruentemente, de manera incongruente
- incongruentementein an incongruous manner
- de manera incongruentein an incongruous manner
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incongruously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incongruously
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