monotonously

C1
adv Freq #148505

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a monotonous manner

    the history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful

  2. 2
    adv

    In a manner that is tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety.

    She worked monotonously at the assembly line.

  3. 3
    adv

    In a droning manner, that does not change pitch.

    The minister spoke monotonously and his congregation began to doze.

Etymology

From monotonous + -ly.

Thesaurus

Word family
Derived forms nonmonotonously
Related forms monotonemonotonous

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