[
UK
/lˈɒŋhænd/
]
[ US /ˈɫɔŋˌhænd/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɔŋˌhænd/ ]
NOUN
- rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
ADJECTIVE
-
having words written out in full by hand
longhand writing
How To Use longhand In A Sentence
- He wrote his first outlines in longhand on large blank sheets of paper.
- The text was laboriously written in longhand, typed by our printer on an office typewriter, and produced from paper plates - all 500 copies.
- I take notes pretty frequently on notepads, but I almost never write entire stories by longhand.
- I always write on the typewriter, never in longhand.
- Now if we feel compelled to write in longhand we are embarrassed by the unpractised scrawl that we see appearing on the page in front of us.
- In her 70's, she still writes her books in longhand on pads.
- Ah, they would all of them be astonished at how well Lugh of the Longhand had done tonight.
- He looks down at his notes, freshly scribbled in his longhand, and lets himself digest the contents for a minute or so.
- Shorthand is eventually transcribed to longhand, and buzzwords lose their sting.
- I write with a pen longhand, and periodically send chapters to my wonderful typist to type up for me. An Interview with Simon Tolkein
