chirography
Example Sentences
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Not its content, but its chirography: stubborn, insecure, self-centered, secretive, ungenerous and frigid.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Visitants of the school expressed surprise at the neatness of their needle-work, and chirography.
From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)
She seized it again and pored over it with keen eyes; but its neat, cramped chirography revealed nothing.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie
The indispensable requisites of a good letter are neatness of chirography, simplicity, and grammatical correctness.
From The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms by Cone, John A.
