Dictionary Check: monotone
"monotone" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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points
Words with Friends
13
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Definition
adjective
of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
adjective
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
Example:
"the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
noun
an unchanging intonation
noun
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
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