monotonically

American  

[mon-uh-ton-ik-lee] / ˌmɒn əˈtɒn ɪk li /

adverb

1. in a monotone; without varying the pitch or expression of one’s voice.

   A bubbly “So I had the job interview!” conveys one thing, while the same words said monotonically and hesitantly convey the opposite.

2. Mathematics. (of a function or sequence) in such a way as to generate progressively higher or lower values consistently, with no reversal.

   Show that x3 – 3x2 + 3x + 2 is monotonically increasing in every interval.

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Etymology

Origin of monotonically

monotonic ( def. ) + -ally ( def. )

Example Sentences

Clad in a white suit and speaking extremely monotonically into the camera, Vance informed her viewers that she would be visiting Kalaallit Nunaat in time for the autonomous Danish territory’s Avannaata Qimussersua dog sledding race, which the United States is sponsoring.

From Slate

“The simplest message is sleep deprivation is bad, but that doesn’t mean that sleep is monotonically good,” he said.

From New York Times

"As for the fact that the densities are not monotonically decreasing as you move away from the star, we don't really have a convincing explanation yet."

From Salon

These characters yield a number of snaking plotlines, but Elisabeth’s voice takes over the narrative, and is so consistently, monotonically disdainful that one wishes less time could be devoted to these extraneous stories and more to the endlessly complicated — and ultimately doomed — relationship between her and Sam, which is ripe with unexplored fodder.

From New York Times

“Please open your system preferences and click on the lock icon,” the proctor said monotonically.

From The Verge