monotonal

American

[mon-uh-tohn-l] / ˌmɒn əˈtoʊn l /

adjective

Printing.

having equal tone throughout, as sans-serif type.

Etymology

Origin of monotonal

monotone + -al ¹

Example Sentences

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Owen studied Bogart’s speech patterns for the role, but he lacks his music; his portrayal is oddly static, his delivery so dry as to be almost monotonal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2024

He suggested lead character Sully is "monotonal" and said the film felt repetitive, adding: "Everything here is retread, restate, regurgitate."

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2022

As he mills about his home, as he works, and eats, and bathes, it is there, a monotonal drone, a clatter unceasing, a constant, undesired companion to his life.

From Scientific American • Mar. 1, 2022

Gray-haired and bespectacled, he talks about love and neighbors in a slow, monotonal voice, but self-promotion leaks into his sermons.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2021

In Doc’s head the monotonal opening of Monteverdi’s Hor ch’ el Ciel e la Terra began to form, the infinitely sad and resigned mourning of Petrarch for Laura.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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