longhand


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Synonyms for longhand

rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper

having words written out in full by hand

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Or if you like numbers written out in longhand, a staggering $6,000,000,000.00.
She's finished the first draft in longhand and is about to dictate it to a typist to that it can be sent off to her publisher.
Haldeman was a meticulous note taker who wrote in longhand on yellow legal notepads.
The contributions, written in longhand and bound into a folder by the editor, circulated between the members twice a month, and lasted over half-a-century.
When I asked who she was, I was told: "Lady Mills McCartney's personal security officer." Longhand for bodyguard.
Come on, you have secretaries and computers, I have only one typing finger but can also write longhand.
The killers of 16-year-old Ann-Marie Longhand were also supposed to be under observation.
"Despite technological changes in the last 20 years," he wrote, "the versions of this book have been written in longhand, with references to books, magazines, catalogs, notes ...
To see constables in police stations writing out longhand custody reports - it blows my mind.
These days, Hartzell takes pleasure in making time to write, scribbling outlines in longhand, then "typing them out and trimming the recipe." She recently completed a six-week writing course at Lane Community College.
Lauren recalled: "I started work, writing out every page in longhand. I love the feel of a pen and paper.
Ng's conventional signature appears to be a series of convoluted circular stokes while his unconventional signature is just a simple spelling of his name in longhand.
"My daughter has now grown up and we have lost touch with our old friend but feel his biography, all handwritten in beautiful copperplate longhand, would be treasured by his relatives or a group locally.
The newspaper also suggests that Cheney is writing out his thoughts longhand in an office above his garage in Virginia.
My suggestion that she should write everything out longhand was met with shocked silence.