Adverb

(en adverb)

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

*{{quote-book, year=1887, author=A Bernard Shaw

, title=Diary citation , chapter= , isbn=0312231636 , publisher= , editor=A. M. Gibbs , volume= , page=293 , passage=Afterwards he went home, wrote to Jenny Patterson and 'sang a lot in spite of the cold. Very roupily .'}}

*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=Neil Munro

, title=Bud: A Novel citation , chapter= XXXI , isbn= , publisher=Harper & Brothers , editor= , volume= , page=297 , passage=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

*{{quote-book, year=1997, author=Richard Matheson

, title=I Am Legend citation , chapter=Dance of the Dead , isbn=031286504x , publisher= , editor= , volume= , page=213 , passage=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."}}