LONGHAND Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

longhand

noun

ˈlȯŋ-ˌhand

Definition of longhand

as in handwriting

writing done by hand my computer was down for most of the afternoon, so I wrote out my report in longhand

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Recent Examples of longhand The Czech literary titan was famous for preferring to write longhand, even after the explosion of the typewriter. — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025 In Conversation Amit Chaudhuri tells us about writing longhand, rereading the Bhagavad Gita, and more. — Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026 But this house is flooded with spontaneous snort-laughs; warm, butter-yellow linen curtains flung open on hopeful August mornings; stacks of homemade CDs with Arthur’s eager, all-caps longhand marching down their tiny spines. — Carolyn Figel, Hazlitt, 27 Nov. 2024 Quentin Tarantino writes the first drafts of his screenplays longhand; Neal Stephenson wrote The Baroque Cycle, a series of eight books set in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with a fountain pen. — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for longhand

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There was little or no organization among them, and some were scrawled in barely decipherable handwriting.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
George Hodel’s handwriting also resembled that on notes sent by the killer to law enforcement.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 June 2026

Definition of handwriting

Noun

The platform uses multiple AI models—including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Llama—to generate cohesive nonfiction manuscripts.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026

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