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
Robbins wrote his books in longhand on legal pads, producing only a couple of pages a day and with nothing plotted in advance.
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Bill Trott, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Bill Trott, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longhand
Noun
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In the latter city, the Le Marais boutique will see Lélu join Autry’s customers on Saturday for a meet and greet, handwriting personalized postcards.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Pages and pages filled with Katharine’s small, neat handwriting.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This holiday celebration, returning to NorthPark Center for the eighth year, will feature lion and dragon dances, special crafts and activities, book giveaways, a mini ponies meet-and-greet, Chinese calligraphy lessons, a musical performance, and more.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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The family-friendly event will feature a traditional lion dance, a kung fu demonstration by the Golden Leopard Martial Arts Center, interactive cultural stations like dumpling-making, calligraphy bookmarks, lantern and opera mask crafts, zodiac activities, chopstick lessons and more.—
Ashley Opina,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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Today, The Redwood still houses a variety of historical artifacts, including over 200,000 volumes on early American history in the library, various historical manuscripts in the museum and artwork ranging from 1400 BCE to the present.—
Catherine Messier,
The Providence Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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Youngblood left a rare Star Wars manuscript as insurance.—
Matthew Bremner,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Longhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longhand. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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