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incongruously

[ UK /ɪnkˈɒnɡɹuːəsli/ ]
[ US /ˌɪŋˈkɔŋɹuəsɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in an incongruous manner
    his shirttails stuck out from his tuxedo pants somewhat incongruously

How To Use incongruously In A Sentence

  • But judicious," Natalenko squeaked, in the high eunuchoid voice that came so incongruously from his bulk. Lone Star Planet
  • He was an adapt in the irony of incongruously grouping.
  • Instead, we look upon a bewildered bear dressed incongruously in a white shirt with cuff links. Times, Sunday Times
  • It towered incongruously high above modest semi-detached roofs, built on a peculiar design which blended elements of many different ages and cultures in a bizarre heterogeneous mix.
  • As Perry inched backwards a huge voice, it’s tone incongruously warm and reasonable, boomed from the face. 365 tomorrows » The Library : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
  • There was loud, incongruously happy-sounding music blaring from a large loudspeaker just outside the front gate. Dr. Jon LaPook: Dispatch From Haiti: "Controlled Chaos" of Cholera
  • He was, incongruously, an incurable gossip, careful to label rumour for what it was, but fascinated by it…
  • (Then cut to one of those incongruously cheerful CW "Happy Halloween" promos for the show, where Wise tries to outgrin a jack-o-lantern while Perry Como croons about the most wonderful time of the year.) Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Harrell was wearing a fawn overcoat, incongruously citified. THE LAST RAVEN
  • Most of Batuman's chapters describe some bizarre trek she gruelingly undertook (easily financed by gullible graduate funders), yet she confoundingly, incongruously speaks against this very form of research early in the book, thus, nothing or everything adding up in the end: The Possessed : Academics Going to the Trades
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