as in handwriting
writing done by hand
my computer was down for most of the afternoon, so I wrote out my report in longhand
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Recent Examples of longhand
But this house is flooded with spontaneous snort-laughs; warm, butter-yellow linen curtains flung open on hopeful August mornings; stacks of homemade CDs with Arthur’s eager, all-caps longhand marching down their tiny spines.
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Carolyn Figel, Hazlitt, 27 Nov. 2024
Quentin Tarantino writes the first drafts of his screenplays longhand; Neal Stephenson wrote The Baroque Cycle, a series of eight books set in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with a fountain pen.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
DeMille wrote all of his manuscripts in longhand, and 17 of his books have been bestsellers.
—CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
And while other companies began to digitize operations, Samyang’s employees did their books in longhand.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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Carolyn Figel, Hazlitt, 27 Nov. 2024
Quentin Tarantino writes the first drafts of his screenplays longhand; Neal Stephenson wrote The Baroque Cycle, a series of eight books set in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with a fountain pen.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
DeMille wrote all of his manuscripts in longhand, and 17 of his books have been bestsellers.
—CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
And while other companies began to digitize operations, Samyang’s employees did their books in longhand.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longhand
Noun
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In a less literal approach, Jardini’s handwriting was present through nods to her personal archive of clothes and accessories.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
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The support for styluses like the Surface Slim Pen 2 on touch screens is robust, with incredibly good handwriting-to-text conversion and pressure sensitivity.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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According to her, calligraphy is a great fall hobby for the hardworking Capricorn.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Sep. 2025
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Renowned for its exquisite illustrations and calligraphy, The Book of Kells has long been believed to have originated on the island of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides, before moving to Ireland in the 9th century.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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The collector sought letters, manuscripts and research by Turner's predecessors, contemporaries, champions and even an art student who could masterfully copy his pieces.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
26 Sep. 2025
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The partial manuscript is then marketed to publishers by Alloy, who have connections within that world.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Longhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longhand. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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