incongruously

English

Etymology

From incongruous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

incongruously (comparative more incongruously, superlative most incongruously)

1. In an incongruous manner.
   • 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     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 (cs)
• French: incongrûment (fr), de manière incongrue
• German: unpassenderweise
• Italian: incongruentemente (it)
• Portuguese: de forma incongruente, incongruentemente (pt)
• Spanish: incongruentemente (es), de manera incongruente