"lapwise" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Etymology: From lap + -wise. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|lap|-wise}} lap + -wise Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} lapwise (not comparable)
  1. On a lap. Tags: not-comparable
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          "ref": "1986, Peter De Vries, Peckham's Marbles, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 91:",
          "text": "The man rushed through it just in time to leave beside the road a volcanic eruption that to have been the recipient of which, lapwise, would have made the trip memorable indeed.",
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          "ref": "1991, Robert Hitt Neill, Don't Fish Under the Dingleberry Tree (And Other Philosophies of Life), Leland, M.S.: Mississippi River Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 201:",
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          "ref": "2023 December 19, Molly Young, “My Evening at Reading Rhythms, a Party for Bookish Introverts”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-29:",
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