Napoleonically

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English

Etymology

From Napoleonic +‎ -ally.

Adverb

Napoleonically (comparative more Napoleonically, superlative most Napoleonically)

In a Napoleonic manner.
- 1857, “The Great Mr Wickham”, in Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature Science and Arts‎, volume 7, page 310:
  his hands being duly folded Napoleonically behind his back
- 1963, Edward Lewis Wallant, chapter 4, in The Tenants of Moonbloom‎, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, page 47:
  Arrested with his hand in his breast pocket Napoleonically, he imbibed his slow, steady nourishment.
- 1973, Jan Morris, chapter 11, in Heaven’s Command‎, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1980, page 241:
  As the three generals met, Campbell’s soldiers raised a cheer, and Havelock, at the moment of his glory, greeted them Napoleonically.
- 2003, Lionel Shriver, “We Need to Talk About Kevin”, in Counterpoint‎, New York, page 198:
  His expression aloof, almost haughty, the fingers of his plastered right arm tucked Napoleonically in his shirt, he sat upright in the front seat […]

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