Meaning & use
monotonically
In a manner that consistently increases or consistently decreases without ever reversing direction.
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The function increases monotonically for all positive values of x.
Temperature dropped monotonically throughout the night.
A note on using this word
Mainly a mathematics term describing a sequence or function that never changes direction, either always rising or always falling.
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