incongruously

English

Etymology

incongruous +‎ -ly

Adverb

incongruously (comparative more incongruously, superlative most incongruously)

In an incongruous manner.
- 2009, David Walliams, Mr Stink:
  It was a long, long list[of problems], but Mr. Stink listened to everything she said as jolly Christmas songs played incongruously in the background.

Translations

in an incongruous manner

Catalan: incòngruament (ca)
Czech: nemístně
French: incongrûment (fr), de manière incongrue
German: unpassenderweise
Italian: incongruentemente (it)
Portuguese: de forma incongruente, incongruentemente (pt)
Spanish: incongruentemente (es), de manera incongruente

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