— dissonantly , adv.
/dis"euh neuhnt/ , adj.
1. disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant.
2. out of harmony; incongruous; at variance.
3. Music. characterized by dissonance.
[ 1400-50; late ME dissonaunte ( dissonant- (s. of dissonans, prp. of dissonare to sound harsh), equiv. to disson- (deriv. of dissonus discordant; see DIS- 1 , SOUND) + -ant- -ANT ]
Syn. 2. incompatible, incongruent, inconsistent.