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Definition of Monotonously
1. Adverb. In a monotonous manner. "The history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful"
Definition of Monotonously
1. Adverb. In a manner that is tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety. ¹
2. Adverb. In a droning manner, that does not change pitch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monotonously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monotonously
Literary usage of Monotonously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Choice Literature: A Monthly Magazine (1885)
"The whirling foam grew into balls beneath the monotonously churning wheel ; it
became milky, and, lightly frothing, was scattered ..."
2. Handbook of Composition: A Compendium of Rules Regarding Good English by Edwin Campbell Woolley (1907)
"(&) monotonously closing all letters with a sentence introduced by a participle,
... or monotonously closing all letters of request with "and oblige." 336. ..."
3. Yale Lectures on Preaching: And Other Writings by Nathaniel Judson Burton (1888)
"Methodists never preach monotonously. They believe in some terrible things, ...
The thought and the delivery of a sermon may be monotonously excellent, ..."
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