monotone
mo
ˈmɑ
maa
no
nə
nē
tone
ˌtoʊn
town
/mˈɒnətˌə‍ʊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "monotone"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇, āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ

of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
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āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇

sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
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āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŽāĻŋ, āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏ⧁āϰ

a continuous, unvaried pitch or tone in speech or sound
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her voice, always in monotone, made it difficult to discern her emotions.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ, āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŽāĻŋ, āĻāĻ•āϏ⧁āϰ

(liturgical settings) a consistent, singular tone that overlays a sequence of words or rhythmic patterns
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The congregation joined in the prayer, their voices blending into a collective monotone that filled the sanctuary.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ