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Lively
“The droning sound of a plane overhead.”
Monotonous or boring
“The minister's relentlessly droning voice.”
Monotonous
Having no pleasing tune
Having an unvarying tone or pitch
A low droning or rumbling sound
Habitual indisposition to action or motion
Present participle for to make a continuous low humming sound
“The noise from the washing machine continues to drone in the background.”
Present participle for to speak tediously in a dull or monotonous tone
“How is anybody able to drone on about the same boring subject continuously the way they do?”
Present participle for to waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully
“He was an old man and not ambitious, content to drone away his life.”
Present participle for to speak in a low or barely audible voice
Present participle for to speak in a slow, lazy way or accent with prolonged vowel sounds
Present participle for to resonate
Present participle for to complain or grumble, typically quietly or discretely
Present participle for to utter with a musical or prolonged note(s) or tone(s)
Present participle for to speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings
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