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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(idiomatic) Having only one opinion, outlook, tone, etc., especially as expressed repetitively; without variety or range..
But Pope Brock plays him in such a one-note key of gulping and spitting and snickering cynicism that the spectacle becomes numbing.
The footnotes that attend Ambrose Bierce in the U.S. literary canon roughly place him as a minor writer of grotesque supernatural tales and trenchant war stories, a misanthrope, curmudgeon, a purveyor of stringing sarcasms, a one-note wit.
To his mind, there was only one right and true position on the question. This sort of one-note response is precisely the problem facing politically engaged academics in the U.S. at the moment.
The movie is one long snigger. […] It might be one-note, but at least it's in the key of funny.
Moreover, Drive Angry offers evidence that Cage hasn't recently been one-note in his performances so much as in his choice of schlocky material.
Use one-note when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
One-note means (idiomatic) Having only one opinion, outlook, tone, etc., especially as expressed repetitively; without variety or range..
Common synonyms include invariant, monotonal, monotonous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But Pope Brock plays him in such a one-note key of gulping and spitting and snickering cynicism that the spectacle becomes numbing.
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