Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an incongruous manner; unsuitably; inappropriately; disjointedly.
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- adverb In an
incongruous manner.
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- adverb in an incongruous manner
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Examples
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Gonggrijp incongruously has pushed for a return to paper ballots.
Dan Rather: Digital Democracy in Doubt Dan Rather 2010
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Feel free to leave your thoughts and comments below – and follow me on Twitter at @RichardA1.35pm: Shortly after Bialek's press conference on Monday, Herman Cain appeared – rather incongruously – on comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night chatshow.
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Yes, George W. Bush famously, and incongruously, uttered those famous words, "you're doing a heck of a job, Brownie" during a tour of damage in the Gulf Coast in 2005.
Michael D. Brown: Heckuva' Job, Brownie. Get Over It. Michael D. Brown 2011
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Gonggrijp incongruously has pushed for a return to paper ballots.
Dan Rather: Digital Democracy in Doubt Dan Rather 2010
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Yes, George W. Bush famously, and incongruously, uttered those famous words, "you're doing a heck of a job, Brownie" during a tour of damage in the Gulf Coast in 2005.
Michael D. Brown: Heckuva' Job, Brownie. Get Over It. Michael D. Brown 2011
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Prime minister's questions is principally for backbenchers, he said incongruously.
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"Some thuwar revolutionaries came into the museum," she says, but they damaged only the exhibits in the six galleries devoted to Gadhafi and smashed the windows of two of Gadhafi's cars that are incongruously exhibited among Roman artifacts in one of the main galleries on the ground floor.
After Gadhafi, Hope for Modernity Ann Marlowe 2011
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Based, quite incongruously, in the U.K, this company has a staff of 18 analysts who break down every game.
It's the Offensive Line, Stupid Reed Albergotti 2011
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As all this is explained to me in an incongruously cheerful manner, the beeps matching my heart rate go up a bit.
Discourse.net: 2010 - the Year of the Beeps - Part Five 2010
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Gonggrijp incongruously has pushed for a return to paper ballots.
Dan Rather: Digital Democracy in Doubt Dan Rather 2010
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