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Monotone

noun

An unchanging intonation. Synonyms: drone, droning.

A single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts).

adjective

Of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value. Synonym: monotonic. Antonym: nonmonotonic.

Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. Synonyms: flat, monotonic, monotonous.

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"Monotone" Quotes from Famous Books

... the high terrace are rich meadows, vocal with frogs rejoicing in the rain, and expressing their joy, not in the sober monotone of our English frogs, but each according to his kind; one bellowing, the next barking, the next cawing, and the next (probably the little green Hylas, who has come down out of the trees to breed) quacking in treble like ...

— Prose Idylls • Charles Kingsley

... a trace of surprise now in the general monotone Then she added, as if to leave no doubt in my mind, ...

— The Underdog • F. Hopkinson Smith

... "double quick" that summoned the laggards to scurry into the silently forming ranks, and finally, with one emphatic rataplan, the morning concert abruptly closed and the gruff voices of the first sergeants, in swift-running monotone, were heard calling the roll of their shadowy companies, and, thoroughly roused, the garrison "broke ranks" for the ...

— An Apache Princess - A Tale of the Indian Frontier • Charles King

... quail when she entered the battle in pursuit of any object of ambition or fancy. "I never saw the man yet," said she, "whom I could not bring to my feet if I willed it! The Chevalier Bigot would be no exception—that is, he would be no exception"—the voice of Angelique fell into a low, hard monotone as she finished the sentence—"were he free from the influence of that mysterious woman at Beaumanoir, who, they say, claims the title of wife by a token which even Bigot may not disregard! Her pleading eyes may draw his compassion where they ought to excite his scorn. But men are ...

— The Golden Dog - Le Chien d'Or • William Kirby

... now, with only the dreary monotone of the wintry rain on the roof, and the occasional sob that fell from the black-robed figure walking to ...

— Infelice • Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

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