Dictionary entry

Congruous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry.

Blair.

It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth.

Atterbury.