Monotone - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmɑːnətəʊn|
Brit.
|ˈmɒnətəʊn|
noun
- an unchanging intonation (syn: drone)
- a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
- a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
adjective
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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