Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by loss or absence of inflection.
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- adjective Without
inflection .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Stone narrates, speaking in an inflectionless monotone.
Nikolas Kozloff: Oliver Stone's New Film: South of the Mark 2010
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The voice, when it finally spoke, was inflectionless and personality-free.
Wired Robin Wasserman 2010
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Stone narrates, speaking in an inflectionless monotone.
Nikolas Kozloff: Oliver Stone's New Film: South of the Mark 2010
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Is he a pompous ass who uses his made-for-drolleries inflectionless delivery to convince people that just naming people "Ole [oh-lee]" makes every stupid thing he says about some way of life that clearly never existed, anywhere, funny?
Jilly Gagnon: So You Wanna Sound Like You Listen to NPR... 2009
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It's essentially a travelogue and Bourdain's nearly inflectionless delivery is tiring.
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It's essentially a travelogue and Bourdain's nearly inflectionless delivery is tiring.
Paisano: Guazzetto 2008
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( "Since I'm under indictment for killing my husband, and since I've also sustained a staggering economic blow," was the subtext.) "I extend my sympathies to you," Stan said with a completely inflectionless voice.
All Together Dead Harris, Charlaine 2007
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“Your name,” Jane said again, her voice inflectionless.
Eclipse Meyer, Stephenie 2007
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His idea of a great evening consisted in reading poetry aloud to the family in an inflectionless voice.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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His idea of a great evening consisted in reading poetry aloud to the family in an inflectionless voice.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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