monotonous

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The remaining hours were devoted to singing, if such can be termed the monotonous drawl which constitutes the music of the country.

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  1. adjective Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone.
  2. adjective Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety. See Synonyms at boring.

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  1. From Greek monotonos : mono-, mono- + tonos, tone; see tone.

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  1. = French monotone = Spanish monótono = Portuguese Italian monotono, from LGr. μονότονος, of one tone, from Greek μόνος, single, + τόνος, tone: see tone. Cf. monotone.
 

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