routously

English

Etymology

From routous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

routously (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, law) Violating the law called a rout (illegal gathering of people).
    • 1843, Samuel Dana Bell, Justice and sheriff, page 318:
      […] did unlawfully, riotously and routously assemble and gather together, to disturb the peace of the said state […]

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