All 4 Uses
monotonous
in
The Return of the Native
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- It was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature—neither ghastly, hateful, nor ugly; neither commonplace, unmeaning, nor tame; but, like man, slighted and enduring; and withal singularly colossal and mysterious in its swarthy monotony.†
Chpt 1 *monotony = lack of variety
- The scene seemed to belong to the ancient world of the carboniferous period, when the forms of plants were few, and of the fern kind; when there was neither bud nor blossom, nothing but a monotonous extent of leafage, amid which no bird sang.†
Chpt 3monotonous = lacking in variety and/or boring
- Clym and Eustacia, in their little house at Alderworth, beyond East Egdon, were living on with a monotony which was delightful to them.†
Chpt 4monotony = lack of variety
- The monotony of his occupation soothed him, and was in itself a pleasure.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(monotonous) lacking in variety -- typically boring
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)