Napoleonically

comparative more Napoleonically · superlative most Napoleonically

1. In a Napoleonic manner.

   his hands being duly folded Napoleonically behind his back

   1857, “The Great Mr Wickham”, in Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature Science and Arts, volume 7, page 310

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   Arrested with his hand in his breast pocket Napoleonically, he imbibed his slow, steady nourishment.

   1963, Edward Lewis Wallant, chapter 4, in The Tenants of Moonbloom, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, page 47

   As the three generals met, Campbell’s soldiers raised a cheer, and Havelock, at the moment of his glory, greeted them Napoleonically.

   1973, Jan Morris, chapter 11, in Heaven’s Command, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1980, page 241

   His expression aloof, almost haughty, the fingers of his plastered right arm tucked Napoleonically in his shirt, he sat upright in the front seat […]

   2003, Lionel Shriver, “We Need to Talk About Kevin”, in Counterpoint, New York, page 198