Napoleonicallyadv.
/nəˌpəʊlɪˈɒnᵻkli/, U.S. /nəˌpoʊliˈɑnək(ə)li/ In a style resembling or a manner characteristic of Napoleon I.
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1851 Leicester Chron. 27 Dec. 1/1 Some six or seven of the most portly and Napoleonically inclined citizens of the parish.
1865 Reader 337/2 A moustache quite Napoleonically spiked.
1892 National Observer 10 Dec. 80/2 His methods were Napoleonically simple.
1942 D. G. MacKail Barrie 245 Napoleonically, he had made another of his swift decisions, and the contract was signed.
1987 Scottish Field Dec. 58/2 The idea of him napoleonically planning his novels as steps in a campaign leading to world domination will not survive a few moments in his company.
2011 A. Milani Shah iii. 38 The eleven-year-old colonel stands casually, his right hand royally, even ‘Napoleonically’, tucked into his pocket.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1851- to take the gauge of
- to take the gee
- to take the gilt off the gingerbread
- to spring as gleed
- to spring forth
- to spring into action
- to spring into being
- to spring one'a rattle
- to spring one's luff
- to spring one's rattle
- to spring or be sprung of a stone
- to spring or be sprung of stone
- to spring or be sprung of the stone
- to spring out of
- to spring out of a person
- to spring something out of
- to spring something out of a person
- to spring to a conclusion
- to spring to a person's defence
- to spring to defence
- to spring to life
- to spring to mind
- to spring to one's mind
- to spy out the land
- to square back