From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, adjective [L. incongruus. See {In-} not, and {Congruous}.] Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc. ''Incongruous mixtures of opinions.'' --I. Taylor. ''Made up of incongruous parts.'' --Macaulay.
Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith.
{Incongruous numbers} (Arith.), two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third; as, twenty and twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four.
Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing; absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See {Inconsistent}. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ly}, adverb -- {In*con"gru*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
incongruously
adverb: in an incongruous manner; "his shirttails stuck out from his tuxedo pants somewhat incongruously"
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