Dictionary Check: monotone

"monotone" is a valid word!

Scrabble 10 points
Words with Friends 13 points

Definition

adjective

of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value

Synonyms:
adjective

sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

Example: "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
noun

an unchanging intonation

Synonyms:
noun

a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

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