-t ə nē also -tn-, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Greek monotonia, from monotonos + -ia -y
1. : sameness that produces boredom : lack of the variety that provides interest and stimulation : the same thing over and over : depressing uniformity
the desire for change, for novelty, for a relief from the monotony of every day — Aldous Huxley
the little shows and sports and well-meant activities that relieve the monotony of toil — G.B.Shaw
the monotony of the brush plains to the eastward — Kenneth Roberts
2. : sameness or uniformity of tone or sound or the utterance or use of one unvarying tone or sound
a dominant rhythm persists above loose phrasing and verbal monotony — H.V.Gregory