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moˈnotonously, adv. [f. monotonous a. + -ly2.] 1. In a monotonous manner; with tiresome uniformity or lack of variation.
1828–32Webster, Monotonously, with one uniform tone; without inflection of voice [citing Nares]. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Eur xiii. (1894) 327 Wreaths of mist..chased each other monotonously along the rocky ribs. 1872Liddon Elem. Relig. iv. 143 A man in whom disease had never been latent, and whose constitution had been even monotonously free from its assaults. 2. = monotonically adv. 2.
1938Physical Rev. LIV. 948/1 F(α) is a monotonously decreasing function. 1954D. ter Haar Elem. Statistical Mech. 444, In x is a monotonously increasing function of x. 1970Internat. Jrnl. Quantum Chem. IV. 611 E decreases monotonously from R = 10aH to R = 2aH. 1974Nature 17 May 243/2 The torque might have been expected to decrease monotonously as the polymer dissolved. |