Meaning of roupily | Babel Free

Definitions

In a manner as if affected with roup. In a hoarse or husky manner.

Examples

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

“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 […]”

“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."”

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