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def monotonic(l: list):
"""Return True is list elements are monotonically increasing or decreasing.
>>> monotonic([1, 2, 4, 20])
True
>>> monotonic([1, 20, 4, 10])
False
>>> monotonic([4, 1, 0, -10])
True
"""
if len(l) <= 2:
return True
increasing = all(l[i] <= l[i + 1] for i in range(len(l) - 1))
decreasing = all(l[i] >= l[i + 1] for i in range(len(l) - 1))
return increasing or decreasing