roupily

English

Etymology

roupy +‎ -ly

Adverb

roupily (comparative more roupily, superlative most roupily)

1. In a manner as if affected with roup. In a hoarse or husky manner.
   • 1887, A Bernard Shaw, edited by A. M. Gibbs, Diary‎^[1], →ISBN, page 293:

     Afterwards he went home, wrote to Jenny Patterson and 'sang a lot in spite of the cold. Very roupily.'

   • 1907, Neil Munro, chapter XXXI, in Bud: A Novel‎^[2], Harper & Brothers, page 297:

     Chanticleers in the town crowed roupily and ruefully for months thereafter. The bridegroom might have stepped over the wall to the wedding chamber or walked […]

   • 1997, Richard Matheson, “Dance of the Dead”, in I Am Legend‎^[3], →ISBN, page 213:

     A hand stroked once at Peggy's leg and it was the hand of Popeye, the sailor man, who muttered roupily, "Olive Oyl, you is my goil."