handwriting
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handwriting (usually uncountable, plural handwritings)
- The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
- Text that was written by hand.
- The characteristic writing of a particular person.
- 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill, volume 2, pages 284-285:
- He took up the letter: well did he know the delicate and graceful handwriting; but he saw that the characters were tremulous, and it had obviously been written at different times.
- 1895, F. Marion Crawford, Taquisara[1]:
- It was still early in the morning when Elettra brought her a letter, bearing the postmark of the city, and addressed in one of those small, clear handwritings which seem naturally to belong to scholars and students.
- 1893, Joseph B. Lightfoot, Essays on "Supernatural Religion"[2]:
- In some handwritings of the seventh or eighth century, where the letters have a round form, the substitution of OT for EG would be far from difficult.
- 1914, P. S. Allen, The Age of Erasmus[3]:
- Great libraries are only just beginning to gather up the manuscript minutiae which their books contain; to identify handwritings; to decipher monograms; to collect facts.
- (by extension) A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised.
- 2013, Chris Payne, High Crimes And Low Stakes: Chris Payne (page 259)
- And, my friend believes, Armedov is getting paid by...? Yes, our friends at Langley! CIA handwriting all over it, he reckons!
- 2016, Nilgin Yusuf, Fashion's Front Line (page 112)
- The show needs to portray the designer's handwriting but it should also be innovative too.
- 2013, Chris Payne, High Crimes And Low Stakes: Chris Payne (page 259)
SynonymsEdit
- (the act or process of writing done by hand): longhand
- (text written by hand): manuscript
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TranslationsEdit
act or process of writing with the hand
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characteristic writing of a particular person
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text written by hand
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VerbEdit
handwriting