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lapwise

adv

Etymology

From lap + -wise.

  1. derived from *leb-✻
  2. inherited from *lappô✻ — “cloth; rag”
  3. inherited from læppa — “skirt or flap of a garment”
  4. inherited from lappe
  5. suffixed as lapwise — “lap + -wise”

Definitions

  1. On a lap.

    • Despite their name, laptops seem to rarely be used lapwise.
    • 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.
    • Thank goodness the cat took about half the coffee—which she certainly deserved. Things could have been a lot worse for me had she not been situated exactly where she was, lapwise, and anyway her hair grew back rather quickly.

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