congruous
adjective
exhibiting harmony of parts.
congruously
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a word derived from
congruous.
Example Sentences
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Empedocles and Heraclides, that the senses act by a just accommodation of the pores in every case; everything that is perceived by the sense being congruously adapted to its proper organ.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
Both our personal ideals and our religious and mystical experiences must be interpreted congruously with the kind of scenery which our thinking mind inhabits.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
His fine whole voice should have been congruously cracked.
From A Passionate Pilgrim by Henry James
He duly appeared, unfolded his claim congruously with the views of his government, but suddenly stopped short on observing the looks of astonishment on the faces of the delegates.
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon
Yet the holy Fathers merited the Incarnation congruously by desiring and beseeching; for it was becoming that God should harken to those who obeyed Him.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas
