dronedadj.
/drəʊnd/, U.S. /droʊnd/ Uttered or emitted monotonously; characterized by, or of the nature of, a low, continuous sound. Also with out.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > monotonous sound
droning1601
drony1754
monotone1770
monotonous1774
toneless1833
droned1863
strumming1887
1863 Union Rev. 1 194 Who can reasonably expect the dreary parson-and-clerk duett, the droned or well-mouthed service, to do otherwise than almost repel the English peasantry?
1903 R. Kipling Five Nations 69 The palm-grove's droned lament.
1934 W. Lewis Let. 15 Dec. (1963) 230 Their droned-out nursery-melodies.
2006 J. S. Kalinowski & T. Saltuklaroglu Stuttering iv. 136 Speech takes on a droned quality, which has become a ‘therapeutic signature’ in stuttering therapy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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