congruently

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English congruent

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English congruently

From congruent + -ly.

Adverb

congruently (comparative more congruently, superlative most congruently)

1. In a congruent manner.
   • 2010 October 29, Ken Johnson, “William Lamson: ‘A Line Describing the Sun’”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Illuminated by a congruently curved overhead light in the darkened gallery, it sparkles like an oversized necklace of semi-precious stones.

Anagrams

• centurylong