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Adjective: intoned  `in'townd
  1. Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting
    "their chantlike intoned prayers"
    - chantlike, singsong
Verb: intone  in'town
  1. Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
    - tone, chant
     
  2. Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
    - chant, intonate, cantillate
     
  3. Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
    - intonate

See also: intonation, rhythmic, rhythmical

Type of: judge, label, mouth, pronounce, sing, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize