monotonously
C1
adv
Freq #148505
Meanings
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1
adv
in a monotonous manner
the history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful
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2
adv
In a manner that is tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety.
She worked monotonously at the assembly line.
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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.
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Derived forms
nonmonotonously