Vocabulary Word
Word: incongruity
Definition: lack of harmony; absurdity; ADJ. incongruous: lacking in harmony; inappropriate
Definition: lack of harmony; absurdity; ADJ. incongruous: lacking in harmony; inappropriate
Sentences Containing 'incongruity'
We can see the whole scene at a glance, the stolid unconsciousness of Sancho and the perplexity of his master, upon whose perception the incongruity has just forced itself.
It is the incongruity of Sancho in all his ways, words, and works, with the ideas and aims of his master, quite as much as the wonderful vitality and truth to nature of the character, that makes him the most humorous creation in the whole range of fiction.
Nor, strictly investigated, is there any incongruity in this comparison.
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