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Definition of "congruity" [con•gru•i•ty]

  • The quality or fact of being congruous. (noun)
  • The quality or fact of being congruent. (noun)
  • A point of agreement. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "congruity" in a sentence
  • "My labours (if I may so term that which was the comfort of my other labours) I have dedicated to the King; desirous, if there be any good in them, it may be as the fat of a sacrifice, incensed to his honour: and the second copy I have sent unto you, not only in good affection, but in a kind of congruity, in regard of your great and rare desert of learning."
  • "In fact, there is a kind of congruity and method even in fooling."
  • "Mill was dissatisfied with the "congruity" of concepts as the basis of a judgment."