Half spoken, half sung

• Spoke slowly and solemnly
• Performed a canticle, e.g.
• Vocalized
• Recited the liturgy
• Sang a canticle
• Uttered like a monk with a soft spot for Kelly
• Chanted
• Said without feeling

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting; "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of speaking" [syn: chantlike , singsong ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intone \In*tone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Intoning .] [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L. tonus tone. See Tone and cf. Entune , Intonate .] To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church ...