discordantly

2 definitions • 4 examples

in a way that produces an unpleasant sound:

The bell jangled discordantly.

They picked up their drums and started banging away discordantly.

in a way that does not agree with someone or something else, or that looks or sounds different or wrong compared with other things:

This new adaptation strikes a few discordantly modern notes.

Police officers in dark uniforms lined the street on a discordantly beautiful spring morning.