Both Uses of
monotonous
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- So soon as he had finished, the youth began, not to play, but to utter sounds that were monotonous, and neither resembling the harmony of the old man's instrument nor the songs of the birds; I since found that he read aloud, but at that time I knew nothing of the science of words or letters.†
p. 112.2monotonous = lacking in variety and/or boring
- It was a monotonous yet ever-changing scene.†
p. 168.9 *
Definition:
lacking in variety -- typically boring