Monotone - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmɑːnətəʊn|  American pronunciation of the word monotone
Brit.  |ˈmɒnətəʊn|  British pronunciation of the word monotone

noun

- an unchanging intonation (syn: drone)
- a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

adjective

- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch (syn: flat, monotonous)

Extra examples

She read the story in a dull monotone.

He sang in a soft, low monotone.

She spoke in a monotone voice.

The choir monotone the service.

He answered all the lawyer's questions in a dull monotone.

...the lecturer droned on in a narcotic monotone that eventually had the entire class struggling to stay awake...

...a pedagogue whose classroom lessons consisted entirely of reading directly from the textbook in a monotone...

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