monotonously

Examples

• All

• Her eyes returned to the highway stretching monotonously before us.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The rain drums on the roof monotonously.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Life seemed to flow on peacefully, monotonously, as though nothing at all had happened in Germany.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The human condition being what it is, their afflictions are monotonously similar; only the names are different.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The men shuffled down the hill, singing monotonously.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Rotary fans monotonously sweep away the heat in front of them, in vain.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Above us, clouds gather in from the distant sea and an evening bell clangs monotonously over the main gate of the town.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The dispatcher monotonously intones a series of drab numbers on the hissing radio.

  Fiction book (1992)

• But the gods were not on anybody's side, and the downpour continued, monotonously streaming down from a charcoal-grey sky right through the long morning and the early afternoon.

  Fiction book (1990)

• On his earliest recordings, he sings with fussy, mannered diction and a monotonously unvaried vibrato that betrays his immaturity.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

B

blandly

vsmonotonously

4 5.2

In a calm way that shows no strong feeling or interest

adds continual sameness and repetitive pattern to that bland quality

R

repetitively

vsmonotonously

3 3.5

Again and again in the same way, often causing boredom or annoyance

emphasizes an overall unvarying tone and lack of variety beyond repetition

D

dully

vsmonotonously

3 4.4

In a boring way that shows little interest or energy

leans toward continuous sameness and monotony rather than mere dullness

B

boringly

vsmonotonously

3 2.7

In a way that makes people lose interest

highlights a constant unchanging quality rather than general lack of interest

T

tediously

vsmonotonously

3 5.8

In a long, boring way that repeats the same things

is about steady sameness and lack of variety rather than just length

T

tiresomely

vsmonotonously

1 5.5

In a boring way that annoys people

focuses on continuous sameness and unchanging pattern rather than mere annoyance

T

tritely

vsmonotonously

1 7.0

In a dull, overused way that feels predictable

focuses more on an ongoing unchanging tone rather than just lack of novelty

M

mundanely

vsmonotonously

1 6.6

In a plain, ordinary way with no excitement

specifically signals an unchanging, repetitive quality rather than simple ordinariness

P

prosily

vsmonotonously

9.9

In a dull, boring way that makes people lose interest

stresses unvarying sameness and repetition more than lack of imagination

U

uninterestingly

vsmonotonously

5.3

In a boring way that does not keep people's attention

adds the sense of unchanging repetition and lack of variety to that plainness

U

unexcitingly

vsmonotonously

5.8

In a dull way that does not interest people

adds an element of steady sameness and repetitive lack of variation

B

banally

vsmonotonously

7.3

In an ordinary and boring way

stresses the steady, unvarying delivery and sameness beyond mere unoriginality

S

stodgily

vsmonotonously

• UK

8.9

In a dull, boring way with little interest

is more about continuous sameness and monotony than formal stuffiness

Antonyms

E

engagingly

1 4.6

In a way that attracts attention and makes people interested

How Boring

tediously

3 5.8

monotonously

1 6.2

boringly

3 2.7

dully

3 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology