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monotonously

  • a word derived from monotonous.
    monotonous
    adjective
    lacking in variety; tediously unvarying.

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Thanks in large part to a typically overworked performance by Mr. White, who is monotonously soulful and tortured, Springsteen comes across as an anti-icon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

And there are many entertaining moments, a few thought-provoking subplots and a fine evocation of how exhausting it is to be shuttled from state to state to cover candidates who monotonously refuse to grant interviews.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

A comeback that was simultaneously surprising and monotonously predictable.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2022

She was the monotonously dressed female leader in a male-dominated field who didn’t have time for the distractions that the culture defines as frivolous.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021

Over on the rocks near Hopkins Marine Station the sea lions barked monotonously.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck