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incongruently en · ADV

Etymology

From incongruent + -ly or in- + congruently.

Meanings

  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:

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more incongruently Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most incongruently Degree=Sup lexicographic