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incongruently
adverb
formaluk /ɪnˈkɒŋ.ɡru.ənt.li/ us /ɪnˈkɑːŋ.ɡru.ənt.li/
in a way that is not suitable or does not fit well with something else:
The ultra-modern spa stands rather incongruently in the middle of a row of residential terraced houses.
His character, a stylish hipster, wanders incongruently through a building site.
The statue seems awkwardly and incongruently placed.
The table setting represents a typical family domestic scene, except that it sits incongruently in the boys’ dormitory.
This modern Mexican restaurant is somewhat incongruently located on a stretch of road otherwise dominated by industrial work spaces.
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