adv
Meaning 1
In an incongruous manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
incongruously
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 NG K AO1 NG R UW0 AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in an incongruous manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his shirttails stuck out from his tuxedo pants somewhat incongruously
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English incongruous Middle English -ly English -ly English incongruously From incongruous + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: incòngruament — in an incongruous manner
- Czech: nemístně — in an incongruous manner
- French: incongrûment — in an incongruous manner
- French: de manière incongrue — in an incongruous manner
- German: unpassenderweise — in an incongruous manner
- Italian: incongruentemente — in an incongruous manner
- Portuguese: de forma incongruente — in an incongruous manner
- Portuguese: incongruentemente — in an incongruous manner
- Spanish: incongruentemente — in an incongruous manner
- Spanish: de manera incongruente — in an incongruous manner