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noun

Monotony n.

A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.

Any irksome sameness, or want of variety. "At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention."

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Etymology of 'Monotony'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Monotony" Quotes from Famous Books

... unsettled as the waves themselves. Sunday always makes me feel restless, because there is so little to do. It is wicked, I suppose; but how can I help it? Why, there is a boat, I do declare! Well, even a boat is welcome, just to break this gray monotony. What boat can it be? None of ours, of course. And what can they want with our Church Cave? I ...

— Mary Anerley • R. D. Blackmore

... they themselves had planted. Fresh meat was a great treat, particularly when it enabled them to prepare nourishing broth for their sick, and once Rose shot a stag, giving them several good meals, but this happened so seldom as to do little toward varying the monotony of their fare. ...

— The Moravians in Georgia - 1735-1740 • Adelaide L. Fries

... an institution which by no means has its significance only for the past. On the contrary, the high tension, the rigid routine, the gray monotony of modern life insistently call for moments of organic relief, though the precise form that that orgiastic relief takes must necessarily change with other social changes. As Wilhelm von Humboldt said, "just as men need suffering in order to become strong so they need joy ...

— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

... feature may be speeches or athletic contests, or else parades of floats, fraternal orders, soldiers, etc. Usually, however, the occurrence of some untoward accident that mars the occasion itself furnishes a story feature of greater importance than the monotony of the parade and ...

— News Writing - The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories • M. Lyle Spencer

... history of Silas Marner, until the fifteenth year after he came to Raveloe. The livelong day he sat in his loom, his ear filled with its monotony, his eyes bent close down on the slow growth of sameness in the brownish web, his muscles moving with such even repetition that their pause seemed almost as much a constraint as the holding of his breath. But at night came his revelry: ...

— Silas Marner - The Weaver of Raveloe • George Eliot

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