All 3 Uses of
incongruous
in
Washington Square
- There was one that especially struck her; it seemed so incongruous.†
Chpt 23 *
- The gesture was so incongruous to the condition she was in, this stately tribute of respect to a poor girl despised and forsaken was so out of place, that the thing gave her a kind of horror, and she hurried away to her room.†
Chpt 30
- To this Mrs. Almond more than once replied that if Catherine had got rid of her incongruous lover, she deserved the credit of it, and that to bring herself to her father's enlightened view of the matter must have cost her an effort that he was bound to appreciate.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(incongruous) out of place; or lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness