411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Napoleonically
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
Etymology
From en Napoleonic ally.
Adverb
In a Napoleonic manner.
en 1857 The Great Mr Wickham Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature Science and Arts 7 310 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3057794&seq=324&q1=Napoleonically&start=1 his hands being duly folded Napoleonically behind his back
en 1963 Edward Lewis Wallant The Tenants of Moonbloom New York Harcourt, Brace & World 4 47 https://archive.org/details/tenantsofmoonblo00wall/page/47/mode/1up?q=Napoleonically Arrested with his hand in his breast pocket Napoleonically, he imbibed his slow, steady nourishment.
en 1973 Jan Morris Pax Britannica Trilogy Heaven’s Command New York Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1980 11 241 https://archive.org/details/heavenscommandim00morr/page/241/mode/1up?q=Napoleonically As the three generals met, Campbell’s soldiers raised a cheer, and Havelock, at the moment of his glory, greeted them Napoleonically.
en 2003 Lionel Shriver We Need to Talk About Kevin New York Counterpoint 198 https://archive.org/details/weneedtotalkabou0000shri_i5w9/page/198/mode/1up?q=Napoleonically His expression aloof, almost haughty, the fingers of his plastered right arm tucked Napoleonically in his shirt, he sat upright in the front seat
en eponyms