Both Uses of
incongruous
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Louis XVIII. made but a faint attempt to parry this unexpected blow; the monarchy he had scarcely reconstructed tottered on its precarious foundation, and at a sign from the emperor the incongruous structure of ancient prejudices and new ideas fell to the ground.†
Chpt 13-14 *
- For who is there who does not say to himself, in a society as incongruously organized as ours, 'Perhaps some day I shall have to do with the king's attorney'?"†
Chpt 47-48
Definition:
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(incongruous) out of place; or lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness