adj.
Pronunciation: m ə - ' nä-t ə -n ə s, - ' nät-n ə s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek monotonos, from mon- + tonos tone
Date: 1776
1 : uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone : marked by a sameness of pitch and intensity
2 : tediously uniform or unvarying
– mo · not · o · nous · ly adverb
– mo · not · o · nous · ness noun