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Word entry · 8 letters

monotony

Best crossword clue

"Dull sameness"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /məˈnɒtəni/Part of speech nounSorted mnnoootyStarts with MEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. constancy of tone or pitch or inflection

Word origin

From French monotonie, from Late Latin monotonia, from Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonía, “sameness of tone, monotony”).

Used in a sentence

  • It matters little to trace the rapidity of the land journey, or the monotony of the sea voyage—alike unmarked by adventure. Robert Evelyn landed at Southampton,...
  • Yet second-hand romance and second-hand emotion are surely better than the dull, soul-killing monotony which life brings to most of the human race.
  • Transform my death into a conduit This body separate from the fear of fear Inside a coping mechanism of monotony I will destroy the double vision that I was forced to leave

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