incongruously

adverb

as in inappropriately

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Recent Examples of incongruously The neighborhood/area A mile and a half away lies the pretty village of Lyndhurst, with its tourist-coaxing fudge shops and pubs, and a Ferrari dealer plonked incongruously among the red brick and timber quaintness. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Fightland feels incongruously sanitized throughout, without actually being appropriate (or engaging) for all ages. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026 Along beaches that had been stripped of their vegetation, icebergs sat incongruously high on rocks. — Megan I. Gannon, Scientific American, 6 May 2026 One side story, of a former pro athlete caught in a downward spiral of violence, addiction, and ill health, feels incongruously grim. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Mar. 2026 What remains is an incongruously passive and intense ride that feels eerily algorithmic throughout. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026 Every surreal interaction, every drab office, every incongruously adoring wife is another turn through the same loop. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025 Also incongruously quick for his size is Tustin junior defensive lineman Jeremiah Williams (6-1, 311). — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incongruously
  1. inappropriately
  2. improperly
  3. wrongly
  4. incorrectly
  5. unsuitably
Adverb
  • The company added several safety features designed with teens in mind after several lawsuits alleged its chatbots inappropriately interacted with underage users.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Small was accused of inappropriately touching a fellow staffer at an Albany bar following a June 16 staff event.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of inappropriately
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  • The inspector general also wrote that a procurement agent improperly shared a vendor’s pricing information with the technology department on May 17, 2024, and the prices got in the hands of another vendor.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The complaint accuses Love Renaissance of improperly diverting money from Walker’s touring, recording, marketing, and merchandising budgets, while charging excessive company expenses to those accounts in bad faith.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of improperly
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  • Voting rights groups had challenged the effort, noting federal data includes errors that have led to citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls.
    — Patrick Marley, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The panel found that the two men, who represented themselves during their trial, had been wrongly excluded from bench conferences.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of wrongly
Adverb
  • Cybersecurity protects systems against unauthorized access and manipulation, while functional safety protects people, equipment and the environment when systems fail or behave incorrectly.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Davis incorrectly assumed the agreement protected him from speaking publicly about Shakur’s murder.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of incorrectly
Adverb
  • The official investigation found no fault with either aircraft but that three planes had occupied the same airspace, which was deemed to have been unsuitably monitored over the Kharkiv region.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 27 June 2026
Definition of unsuitably

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“Incongruously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incongruously. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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