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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Congruous \Con"gru*ous\, adjective [L. congruus, fr. congruere to come together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.] Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent.
Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. --Blair.
It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth. --Atterbury.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
congruous
adjective
1: corresponding in character or kind [syn: {congruent}] [ant: {incongruous}]
2: suitable or appropriate together
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "congruous": accordant, advantageous, advisable, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, answerable, appropriate, at one, becoming, befitting, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding, commensurate, compatible, concordant, concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent, consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant, convenient, cooperating, cooperative, correspondent, corresponding, decent, desirable, en rapport, equivalent, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, fructuous, good, happy, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, inaccordance, inharmony, like-minded, likely, meet, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, opportune, politic, positive, profitable, proper, proportionate, recommendable, reconcilable, right, seasonable, seemly, self-consistent, sortable, suitable, symbiotic, sympathetic, synchronized, synchronous, timely, to be desired, unanimous, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, useful, well-timed, wise, worthwhile
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