monotonously

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English monotone Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English monotonous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English monotonously From monotonous + -ly.

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

   “She worked monotonously at the assembly line.”

   “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.”