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as in handwritings
the form or style of a particular person's writing
doctors are famous for their illegible penmanship
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as in calligraphies
writing done by hand
the students spend far more time honing their computer skills than they do improving their penmanship
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manuscripts
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The artifact, believed to be made of either rock crystal or glass, was used to help scholars magnify the words of medieval manuscripts.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025 -
Nearly every duke and earl and baron in England was competing to build great rare book collections, and lots and lots of fake manuscripts emerged.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Penmanships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penmanships. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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