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Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ly, adv. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ness, n.

A bird of the family Ampelidæ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.

Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. "The ground is a dead flat." C. Reade.

tudents. The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation. Macaulay.

The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as:

A monotonous refrain. [Obs.] Holland.

Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition. How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world. Shak.

To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon. "Harpings upon old themes." W. Irving. Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. Shak. To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeabl…

that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. Shak.

Monotonous; dull; commonplace. "A humdrum crone." Bryant.

To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on, sometimes with over. Jog on, jog on, the footpath way. Shak. So hung his destiny, never to rot, While he might still jog on and keep his trot. Milton . The good old ways our sires jogged safely ov…

Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous. "Monotonical declamation." Chesterfield.

A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.

To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.

Variegated; diversified; not monotonous. A happy rural seat of various view. Milton.