The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [L. incongruus. See In- not,
and Congruous.]
Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of
harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious;
inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent;
improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior,
action, dress, etc. ``Incongruous mixtures of opinions.''
--I. Taylor. ``Made up of incongruous parts.''
--Macaulay.
Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or
suitableness of which the taste and experience of men
takes cognizance.
--C. J. Smith.
Incongruous numbers (Arith.), two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third; as, twenty and twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four.
Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing; absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See Inconsistent. -- In*con"gru*ous*ly, adv. -- In*con"gru*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In an incongruous manner.
WordNet
adv. in an incongruous manner; "his shirttails stuck out from his tuxedo pants somewhat incongruously"
Usage examples of "incongruously".
No larger than I, she was like a fragile doll on whose neck had been set, most incongruously, the large head of Cyrus, the curve to whose Achaemenid nose so resembled that of a rooster I had got to know in our courtyard that I almost expected to see nostrils like slits set atop the bridge.
There was also, incongruously enough, a very ordinary old-fashioned wooden coatrack, with a bright orange insulated coverall hanging from it, and a bright red parka hanging next to it.
Pointe des Monts and winding in behind the Isles des Oeufs to the River Pentecoute, where she deposited some more habitans, including a priest in a black soutane, who somewhat incongruously was smoking a large cigar.
It was so incongruously bridal, so grossly unsuitablewhy on earth had she tricked herself out like a raddled old spinster playacting at being married?
It was so incongruously bridal, so grossly unsuitable--why on earth had she tricked herself out like a raddled old spinster playacting at being married?
Three ancient varnished-oak folding chairs had been set up, apparently in preparation for their visit, in front of a pressboard computer desk with a gleaming-white IBM PC sitting incongruously atop it.
And mingling with it, incongruously, the sweeter strains of the Sweet Jesus League out on their own shore patrol, singing hymns and warning the men of the dangers of unbridled fornication.
Sophie rushed on into the shack and found Miss Travers kneeling beside a prostrate figure, a woman incongruously dressed in red, who was sprawled near a hole in the middle of the shack floor.
The tussocky grass seemed longer on this long downslope - something to do with drainage, he wondered incongruously - and it seemed to wrestle with his tired legs, continually throwing the body too far forward, out of balance.
The grave itself had been bordered with sections of incongruously green Astroturf, and the casket was perched on a chrome-plated frame above the hole in the ground.
The possums, soft, furry squirrel-like animals with round, startled eyes and incongruously discordant voices, seemed determined to harvest the bark and leaves of the young trees without ever allowing them the chance to come to fruition.
It carried Zimbabwe Air Force roundels, and incongruously the pilot was a white man, but there was a black man in the right-hand seat, and he wore the dreaded burgundy-red beret and silver cap-badge.
The Baptist student center, incongruously set between two of the rowdiest fraternity houses, was also closed.
At nights she would be there in the riots organized by the Trinities, an incongruously small skinny figure compared to the rest of her platoon, which aimed for muscle bulk and favoured combat fatigues and leathers.
He wore unscuffed shoes instead of sandals, freshly pressed trousers, and somewhat incongruously, a florid Hawaiian shirt.