longhand

Example Sentences

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In 1970, he sent her a letter in impeccably neat, angular longhand.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024

Put to task by Aboriginal elders, her job was to take down their every word in longhand.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

During moments of rest, he leafed through a diary, written longhand by a Russian soldier: “I’ve been at war for four weeks already and I miss my mom,” Courier read.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

From now on I’ll have to write out these reports in longhand.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes