slovo | definícia |
congruous (mass) | congruous
- zodpovedajúci |
congruous (encz) | congruous,odpovídající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
congruous (encz) | congruous,shodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
congruous (encz) | congruous,souhlasící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
congruous (encz) | congruous,sounáležitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Congruous (gcide) | Congruous \Con"gru*ous\, a. [L. congruus, fr. congruere to come
together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.]
Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious;
correspondent; consistent.
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Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. --Blair.
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It is no ways congruous that God should be always
frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth.
--Atterbury.
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congruous (wn) | congruous
adj 1: corresponding in character or kind [syn: congruous,
congruent] [ant: incongruous]
2: suitable or appropriate together |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
congruousness (encz) | congruousness, n: |
incongruous (encz) | incongruous,nevhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
incongruously (encz) | incongruously,nemístně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
incongruousness (encz) | incongruousness,nepřiměřenost n: Zdeněk Brožincongruousness,neslučitelnost n: Zdeněk Brožincongruousness,nevhodnost n: Zdeněk Brožincongruousness,rozporuplnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Congruous (gcide) | Congruous \Con"gru*ous\, a. [L. congruus, fr. congruere to come
together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.]
Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious;
correspondent; consistent.
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Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. --Blair.
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It is no ways congruous that God should be always
frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth.
--Atterbury.
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Congruously (gcide) | Congruously \Con"gru*ous*ly\, adv.
In a congruous manner.
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Incongruous (gcide) | Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [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.
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Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or
suitableness of which the taste and experience of men
takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith.
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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, adv. --
In*con"gru*ous*ness, n.
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Incongruous numbers (gcide) | Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [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.
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Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or
suitableness of which the taste and experience of men
takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith.
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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, adv. --
In*con"gru*ous*ness, n.
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Incongruously (gcide) | Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [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.
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Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or
suitableness of which the taste and experience of men
takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith.
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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, adv. --
In*con"gru*ous*ness, n.
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Incongruousness (gcide) | Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [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.
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Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or
suitableness of which the taste and experience of men
takes cognizance. --C. J. Smith.
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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, adv. --
In*con"gru*ous*ness, n.
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congruousness (wn) | congruousness
n 1: the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
[syn: congruity, congruousness, congruence] [ant:
incongruity, incongruousness] |
incongruous (wn) | incongruous
adj 1: lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness;
"a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior";
"a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation"
[ant: congruent, congruous] |
incongruously (wn) | incongruously
adv 1: in an incongruous manner; "his shirttails stuck out from
his tuxedo pants somewhat incongruously" |
incongruousness (wn) | incongruousness
n 1: the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and
inappropriate [syn: incongruity, incongruousness] [ant:
congruence, congruity, congruousness] |
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