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Answer for the clue "Ordinary writing ", 8 letters:
longhand
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper [syn: running hand , cursive , cursive script ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also long-hand , of handwriting, 1660s, \nfrom long (adj.) + hand (n.).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Longhand \Long"hand`\, n. The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand ; as, took it down in longhand.
Usage examples of longhand.
He showed his experimental attempts at fiction, written in longhand, to a slightly older scientifictioneer, Allen Glasser, who had sold a few minor efforts and was especially astute at winning prize contests.
Polaski would spend most of his time back in his cabin making longhand records in his notebook of the events of the past three days as well as the emotional reactions of the commune members to those events and their interreactions among themselves.
I couldn't wait for the next algebraic equation, a further geometric puzzle or the challenge of solving an arithmetic test in my head while others in the form sucked their pencils as they considered pages of longhand figures.
There were accounts, some in typescript, some in longhand, of interviews the Stewards had held with the trainers, jockeys, head traveling lads, stable lads, blacksmiths, and veterinary surgeons connected with the eleven horses suspected of being doped.