Glossary Monotonously May 17, 2015 Harrison Leave a comment adjective 1.lacking in variety; tediously unvarying:the monotonous flat scenery. 2.characterizing a sound continuing on one note. 3.having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range. “She became a gray sky, stared monotonously at the walls, sometimes wept into her hands for hours at a time.” The Shawl by Louise Erdrich (Paragraph 2)