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longhand

[lawng-hand, long-] / ˈlɔŋˌhænd, ˈlɒŋ- /
NOUN
hand
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And while other companies began to digitize operations, Samyang’s employees did their books in longhand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 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

But starting in the late 1990s, Streisand began writing down memories — in longhand, because she couldn’t type.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

"I write slowly, the first pages in longhand, then typing," she says.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023

Back East, Malcolm X carefully read and then signed the publication contract, and he withdrew from his wallet a piece of paper filled with his sprawling longhand.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey