Definition of handwriting
1 : writing done by hand; especially : the form of writing peculiar to a particular person
2 : something written by hand
handwriting on the wall
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Examples of handwriting in a Sentence
Her handwriting is nearly impossible to read.
she immediately recognized the handwriting on the envelope as that of her old college roommate
Recent Examples of handwriting from the Web
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With Me?’ Over the past decade, medical records in the U.S.—long kept on paper in doctors’ horrible handwriting—have been digitized and fed into software.
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Signature Software takes your handwriting, cursive or print, and turns it into a font that works with every word processor and desktop-publishing or drawing program.
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First Known Use of handwriting
15th century
HANDWRITING Defined for English Language Learners
handwriting
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: the way a person's writing looks
HANDWRITING Defined for Kids
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: a person's writing
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