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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety;
- Example: "a humdrum existence all work and no play";
- Example: "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
[syn: humdrum, monotonous]

2. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch;
- Example: "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
[syn: flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Monotonous \Mo*not"o*nous\, a. [Gr. ?; mo`nos alone, single + ?
   tone. See Tone.]
   Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull
   uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or
   variety; wearisome. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ly, adv. --
   Mo*not"o*nous*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

monotonous
    adj 1: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum
           existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so
           monotonous as the sea" [syn: humdrum, monotonous]
    2: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's
       faint monotonous hooting" [syn: flat, monotone,
       monotonic, monotonous]