monotonously

English

Etymology

monotonous +‎ -ly

Adverb

monotonously (comparative more monotonously, superlative most monotonously)

1. In a manner that is tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety.

   She worked monotonously at the assembly line.

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 97:

     Time passed as time ever does when passed monotonously, that is, with a degree of rapidity which only astonishes us when it is recalled to mind by some chance circumstance.

2. In a droning manner, that does not change pitch.

   The minister spoke monotonously and his congregation began to doze.

Related terms

• monotone
• monotonous

Translations

in a manner that is tedious

• Catalan: monòtonament (ca)
• Hungarian: monotonon, monotonul, monoton módon
• Spanish: monótonamente (es)

in a droning manner

• Catalan: monòtonament (ca)
• Galician: monotonamente
• Hungarian: egyhangúan (hu)
• Italian: monotonamente (it)
• Portuguese: monotonamente
• Spanish: monótonamente (es)