Dictionary definition · monotone
noun
- an unchanging intonation
- 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
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch"the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).