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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Our approach from the very start was choosing projects wisely to have a very specific slate that allows people to see our kind of handwriting.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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There remained his oil paintings and the many books marked by his handwriting in the margins—now mere traces of him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Along with plenty of floral fun, there’ll be music from traditional instruments like the Chinese guzheng and Hmong qeej, Tai Qi, education about medicinal plants, guided sensory walks, water calligraphy demonstrations, poetry and food vendors.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2026
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That preparation included lessons in calligraphy, horseback riding, piano and Regency dancing.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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His manuscripts and letters were left abandoned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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“Longhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longhand. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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