incongruously
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In fact, the bulk of this novel is devoted to earthly concerns—Iris’s deepening relationship with Geoffrey and, incongruously, her career aspirations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Most incongruously of all, outside a makeshift plastic doorway on a corner of the ground floor, next to piles of rubble and rubbish, stands a headless mannequin, wearing a wedding gown.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025
Pudgy and messy, Kissinger incongruously acquired a reputation as a ladies’ man in the staid Nixon administration.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
Next to Caletilla is equally popular Caleta Beach, where, last week, a wayward yacht thrust ashore during the storm was perched incongruously on the sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
Every Sunday he arrived in his wine-dark Buick, a tall, prune-faced, sad-seeming man with an incongruously vital head of wavy hair.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
