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longhand

[lawng-hand, long-] / ˈlɔŋˌhænd, ˈlɒŋ- /
NOUN
hand
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The high-school dropout read urban crime fiction, then wrote his own stories longhand in notebooks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

And while other companies began to digitize operations, Samyang’s employees did their books in longhand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

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

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 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 dug out the index card on which the question was typed in advance and Clay’s response was beneath in longhand.

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




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