incongruously

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Minutes later he takes a break, during which a poster for the James Bond film No Time To Die briefly, and incongruously, comes up on the screen.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

My mind incongruously goes to amniocentesis, the dread prenatal test I underwent two decades earlier during my first pregnancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

But even in this incongruously pastoral setting, shortages cast a shadow.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Kissinger was pudgy and messy but incongruously acquired a reputation as a ladies’ man in the staid Nixon administration.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Olanna visualized his poor houseboys’ wood boxes incongruously full of lace, houseboys she was sure did not get paid much every month, owning cast-off caftans and agbadas they could never wear.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie