| Definitions | | monotone |
|
noun
- A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound
- When Tina felt like her parents were treating her like a servant, she would speak in and act as though she were a robot.
adjective
- (context, of speech or a sound) having a single unvaried pitch
- 1799, John Walker, Elements of Elocution, Cooper and Wilson, page 309:
- : It is no very difficult matter to be loud in a high tone of voice; but to be loud and forcible in a low tone, requires great practice and management; this, however, may be facilitated by pronouncing forcibly at firſt in a low ; a , though in a low key, and without force, is much more ſonorous and audible than when the voice ſlides up and down at almoſt every word, as it muſt do to be various.
- 1940, Asiatic Society (Calcutta, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, India), Journal of the Asiatic Society, page 95:
- : The prominence of the syllables is more than in English, the intonation of the latter having a larger variation of stressed and unstressed syllables.
- 1998, Roger W. Shuy, Bureaucratic Language in Government and Business, Georgetown University Press, Research on Telephone vs. In-Person Administrative Hearings, page 76:
- : In the formal register, such variation is reduced and the talk has a more , business-like quality.
Etymology: From (term, monotony).
Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for monotone for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.
Full Definition of monotone
| |
|
