What does roupily mean?
Roupily means In a manner as if affected with roup. In a hoarse or husky manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a manner as if affected with roup. In a hoarse or husky manner..
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."
Use roupily when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Roupily means In a manner as if affected with roup. In a hoarse or husky manner..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Afterwards he went home, wrote to Jenny Patterson and 'sang a lot in spite of the cold. Very roupily.'
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