NOUN | communication | handwriting, hand, script | something written by hand |
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act | handwriting | the activity of writing by hand |
Sounds | hhae'ndray.tihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | Something written by hand. | |
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Example | "she recognized his handwriting" | |
Synonyms | hand, script | |
Category | handwriting | The activity of writing by hand |
Narrower | calligraphy, penmanship, chirography | beautiful handwriting |
longhand, running hand, cursive, cursive script | rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper | |
scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography | poor handwriting | |
shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy | A method of writing rapidly | |
Broader | writing | letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language |
Spanish | caligrafía, escritura, letra | |
Catalan | escriptura, lletra | |
Verbs | handwrite | write by hand |
Meaning | The activity of writing by hand. | |
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Example | "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis" | |
Category of | backhand, left-slanting | (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward |
handwriting, hand, script | Something written by hand | |
illegibility | The quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered | |
legibility, readability | A quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read | |
Narrower | stenography | The act or art of writing in shorthand |
subscription | The act of signing your name | |
Broader | writing, committal to writing | The activity of putting something in written form |
Verbs | handwrite | write by hand |
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