adj.
- Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone.
- Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety. See synonyms at boring.
[From Greek monotonos : mono-, mono- + tonos, tone; see tone.]
monotonously mo·not'o·nous·ly adv.monotonousness mo·not'o·nous·ness n.
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