All 7 Uses
monotonous
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The Pianist
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- They stood by lamp-posts, by the walls of buildings and in the road, heads raised, monotonously whimpering that they were hungry.†
Chpt 1 *monotonously = lacking in variety and/or boring
- After supper my father would fold his hands over his stomach, lean back, close his eyes dreamily and bore us with his monotonous recital of visions of a Sosnowiec that existed only in his fond imagination.†
Chpt 4
- Her fingers spread wide, clutching her throat, and from time to time she asked, with monotonous regularity, 'Why did I do it?†
Chpt 9
- The dealers in gold and currency were calling out monotonously, 'Gold, buy gold.†
Chpt 10
- The demolition work was very monotonous.†
Chpt 10
- At the beginning of the year an entirely unexpected event disturbed the monotony of my days.†
Chpt 14monotony = lack of variety
- Monotonous, hopeless weeks passed by.†
Chpt 18monotonous = lacking in variety and/or boring
Definitions:
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(1)
(monotonous) lacking in variety -- typically boring
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)