| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|tänik adjective
Etymology: monotone (I) + -ic
1. : of, relating to, or uttered in a monotone
the monotonic buzzing of the voices carried — James Jones
2. : producing only one musical tone
3. : being a mathematical function that either never decreases or never increases as the independent variable increases
• mono·ton·i·cal·ly -nə̇k(ə)lē adverb