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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MONOT'ONY, n. [Gr. sole, and sound.]
1. Uniformity of tone or sound; want of inflections of voice in speaking; want of cadence or modulation.
2. Uniformity; sameness.
At sea, every thing that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served" [syn: monotony, humdrum, sameness]
2: constancy of tone or pitch or inflection

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1706 1. tedious sameness 2. sameness of tone or sound

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the state of being monotonous. 2 dull or tedious routine.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Monotony Mo*not"o*ny, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. monotonie. See Monotonius.] 1. A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing. 2. Any irksome sameness, or want of variety. At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. --W. Irving.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The monotony of something is the fact that it never changes and is boring. A night on the town may help to break the monotony of the week. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Uniformity, sameness, tedium, want of variety.

Moby Thesaurus

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