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Definition of Monotony
1. Noun. The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety. "He hated the sameness of the food the college served"
2. Noun. Constancy of tone or pitch or inflection.
Definition of Monotony
1. n. A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.
Definition of Monotony
1. Noun. Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety. ¹
2. Noun. (mathematics) The property of a monotonic function. ¹
3. Noun. The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monotony
1. tedious sameness [n -NIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monotony
Literary usage of Monotony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"Vi£» ••t• ">t• **:<» * the 2 ist of the monotony a sail on our be a brig un-
stern, reported , bound to was broad on our hawse. ..."
2. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"... Derbyshire fall into the monotony of the Midlands t swept away South. Paul was
now pale with weariness. He had been sponsible for the party all day, ..."
3. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1885)
"and majesty in monotony which there is not in rapid or frequent variation. ...
The greater part of the sublimity of the pea depends on its monotony ..."
4. Essays and Essay-writing: Based on Atlantic Monthly Models by William Maddux Tanner (1918)
"THE monotony OF OUR MINDS IT is not that the outside world is so wearisome; the
trouble is with the monotony of our own minds. They are only music-boxes, ..."
5. Selections and Essays by John Ruskin (1918)
"The greater part of the sublimity of the sea depends on its monotony; so also
that of ... Again, monotony after a certain time, or beyond a certain degree, ..."
6. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"Variety and monotony in Elocution and Poetry representing less or more Control
over Self and the Subject—True Significance of Alliteration, Assonance, etc. ..."
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