"lapward" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: lap + -ward Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lap|ward}} lap + -ward Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} lapward (not comparable)
  1. Toward a lap. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-lapward-en-adv-gDp7WDGR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ward

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          "ref": "2009 March 3, Alex Kuczynski, “Talk to the Hand”, in New York Times",
          "text": "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.",
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