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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

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

He pulled the sheet clear of the typewriter, set it aside, and wrote his letter out in longhand, confident that the personal touch fitted the occasion.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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