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monotonous
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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- The sky became quite gray and, along with it, the whole countryside seemed to lose its color and assume the same monotonous tone.†
p. 22.2 *monotonous = lacking in variety and/or boring
- Mile after mile after mile after mile, and everything became graver and more monotonous.†
p. 22.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(monotonous) lacking in variety -- typically boring
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)