Incongruently

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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 ..."

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"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 ..."

Etymology

From incongruent + -ly or in- + congruently.

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