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
There is even research evidence that the act of writing in longhand has benefits over typing.
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Rebecca Fraser-Thill, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Robbins wrote his books in longhand on legal pads, producing only a couple of pages a day and with nothing plotted in advance.
—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
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Rebecca Fraser-Thill, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Robbins wrote his books in longhand on legal pads, producing only a couple of pages a day and with nothing plotted in advance.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longhand
Noun
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Those who identify Elise as Malfatti contend that Nohl simply misread Beethoven’s handwriting of the name Therese.—
Brian Duignan,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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For very young children, gardening increases hand-eye coordination, which is linked to success in handwriting, math and reading.—
Shelley Mitchell,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That preparation included lessons in calligraphy, horseback riding, piano and Regency dancing.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Like the Arabic language, Islamic calligraphy is read from right to left.—
Irene Gonzalez,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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While at the library, Queen Camilla toured a selection of historic books and manuscripts from the America250 collection, the British Embassy said.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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Johnson finds a disturbing manuscript raising questions about the author’s mental state.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Longhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longhand. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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