napoleonically
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a Napoleonic manner.
Example Sentences
- "his hands being duly folded Napoleonically behind his back"
- "Arrested with his hand in his breast pocket Napoleonically, he imbibed his slow, steady nourishment."
- "As the three generals met, Campbell’s soldiers raised a cheer, and Havelock, at the moment of his glory, greeted them 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 […]"
Etymology
From Napoleonic + -ally.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Napoleonically (comparative)
most Napoleonically (superlative)