Synonyms for congruity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh n-groo-i-tee, kon-, kuh ng-, kong- |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈgru ɪ ti, kɒn-, kəŋ-, kɒŋ- |
Définition of congruity
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French congruité "relevance, appropriateness," from Late Latin congruitatem (nominative congruens) "agreement," from congruus (see congruent).
- noun agreement
- Still, there was much of in congruity, even immediately about the mansion-house.
- Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- But the question recurs, how in such a case the congruity arises?
- Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
- Grace of congruity is simply a variety of the old heresy of human merit.
- Extract from : « Earl Hubert's Daughter » by Emily Sarah Holt
- In fact, there is a kind of congruity and method even in fooling.
- Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
- But their diversity only made the congruity of the tale they had to tell more striking.
- Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill
- The notion of fitness, congruity, and "concatenation accordingly" does not exist.
- Extract from : « The Galaxy, May, 1877 » by Various
- The authenticity of the second Testament depends upon its congruity with the first.
- Extract from : « Sybil » by Benjamin Disraeli
- Congruity (as pertaining more to grammar) he does not discuss.
- Extract from : « Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance » by Donald Lemen Clark
- "The congruity of life with the conceit of the personality," said Potchatkin.
- Extract from : « The Darling and Other Stories » by Anton Chekhov
- All congruity and appropriateness in the comparison is lacking.
- Extract from : « The Revelation Explained » by F. Smith
Antonyms for congruity
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