Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lapward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lap-ward
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Example Sentences

"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.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lap

Questions

What does lapward mean?: Toward a lap.
Where does lapward come from?: From lap + -ward.

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