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 drive into a corner
- to drive into exile
- to drive it
- to drive near
- to drive off
- to drive off time
- to drive on
- to drive one's pigs to market
- to drive out
- to drive out of a person's head
- to drive out of one's senses
- to drive out one nail by another
- to drive out one nail with another
- to drive out to pasture
- to drive over
- to drive pigs
- to drive pigs to market
- to drive sense into
- to drive sense into a etc
- to drive sense into a organization
- to drive sense into a person
- to drive some sense into
- to drive some sense into a etc
- to drive some sense into a organization
- to drive some sense into a person