incongruously

adverb

as in inappropriately

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Recent Examples of incongruously During the day the colorless Orb suggests an egg on steroids, incongruously suspended behind the Betsy over the alleyway at 14th Street. — Elisa Turner, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026 But all that warm, crowd-pleasing material is incongruously, fascinatingly, and not so comfortably fitted inside a story about great loss. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026 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 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
  • Moore was convicted in 2013 in an unrelated incident of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old boy.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Literally days before leaving office, the former Biden Under Secretary used the stroke of a (digital) pen to inappropriately expand the closed-school discharge period for certain institutions targeted by the previous Administration.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of inappropriately
Adverb
  • The case began to fall apart in April, after a federal judge ruled a customs officer improperly canceled Petrova’s visa over the incident.
    — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Two large containers of cooked bean were improperly cooling in the walk-in refrigerator.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of improperly
Adverb
  • Defense attorneys have maintained that Rinderknecht was wrongly accused.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Investigators also said four businesses that rented space in buildings Espinosa owned wrongly received $40,000 in grants.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of wrongly
Adverb
  • The system, which scans a barcode on the ballot, incorrectly flagged some ballots as wrong, preventing voters from checking in until the issue was resolved.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Wright was removed from the ballot two weeks ago by Broward Circuit Judge Michael Robinson, who determined that Wright incorrectly filled out qualifying forms by listing himself as his campaign’s deputy treasurer.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 30 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 5 Nov. 2026.

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