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as in handwriting
the form or style of a particular person's writing
doctors are famous for their illegible penmanship
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as in calligraphy
writing done by hand
the students spend far more time honing their computer skills than they do improving their penmanship
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Recent Examples of penmanship
Inspired by her penmanship, the Crayola crayons came in handy as people sketched absentmindedly on paper surfaces throughout the meal.
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Freya Drohan, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
The book appears to have all of its original pages, which are covered with tidy penmanship.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Learning cursive used to be standard in classrooms across the United States, with penmanship graded.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2025
Most of these are from the Revolutionary War-era, known for looped and flowing penmanship.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2025
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Freya Drohan, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
The book appears to have all of its original pages, which are covered with tidy penmanship.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Learning cursive used to be standard in classrooms across the United States, with penmanship graded.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2025
Most of these are from the Revolutionary War-era, known for looped and flowing penmanship.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for penmanship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for penmanship
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But the claim started to unravel as investigators talked to Morales Reyes, who doesn’t speak English fluently, and obtained a handwriting sample from him that was different from the handwriting in the letters, according to court documents.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Most scholars believed that the Isaiah Scroll was copied by a single scribe due to the seemingly uniform handwriting style.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2025
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The company is also expected to announce a new bidirectional Arabic and English keyboard, a virtual calligraphy pen for Apple Pencil users and a new system for syncing hotel Wi-Fi login details across devices.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
28 May 2025
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File photo of four-kanji character, taken on Dec. 22, 2020, as high school students pose following a calligraphy performance in Osaka.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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“Penmanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penmanship. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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