monotonal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of monotonal
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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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