longhand
pronunciation
How to pronounce longhand in British English:
UK [ˈlɒŋhænd]
How to pronounce longhand in American English:
US [ˈlɔŋhænd]
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- Noun:
- rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
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- Adjective:
- having words written out in full by hand
Word Origin
- longhand (adj.)
- also long-hand, of handwriting, 1660s, from long (adj.) + hand (n.).
Example
- 1. How am I gonna write it , in longhand ?
- 2. The minister scratched out the statement himself in longhand .
- 3. I write everything in longhand on yellow tablets while sitting on the sofa with my four kids eating pizza and watching tv .
- 4. The real kind . Longhand .
- 5. She wrote it all out in longhand before typing it .