Lapward
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Toward a lap. not-comparable
"At home, one could conceivably reach down and flip on one’s new toy when one’s family member, despite having been admonished about texting friends at the dinner table, continues to peer lapward, hands curled around a tiny — but now ineffectual — keypad."
Example
More examples"At home, one could conceivably reach down and flip on one’s new toy when one’s family member, despite having been admonished about texting friends at the dinner table, continues to peer lapward, hands curled around a tiny — but now ineffectual — keypad."
Etymology
From lap + -ward.
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