chirography

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Even though some words were beyond their ken, 1947-5 boys & girls batted 44.68% on such items as accessible, chirography, descendant and evanescent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not its content, but its chirography: stubborn, insecure, self-centered, secretive, ungenerous and frigid.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were numerous letters in it, some being addressed in a woman's delicate handwriting and others in a bold, clear, masculine chirography.

From The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.

The chirography of the girl, who could not write at the time of her mother's death, is precisely similar to hers—as similar as it is unlike that of the sister by whom she was educated.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

He returned within a minute with a cabinet-size photo upon the front of which was written, “From Loris, January ’18,” in the vertical chirography much practiced by social buds.

From Whispering Wires by Leverage, Henry