Hypertext Webster Gateway: "monotonous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Monotonous \Mo*not"o*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; mo`nos alone, single + ?
tone. See {Tone}.]
Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull
uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or
variety; wearisome. -- {Mo*not"o*nous*ly}, adv. --
{Mo*not"o*nous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
monotonous
adj 1: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's
faint monotonous hooting" [syn: {monotone}, {monotonic}]
2: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum
existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so
monotonous as the sea" [syn: {humdrum}]
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