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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
longhand
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
write
▪ An example would be writing a book in longhand instead of learning to use a word processor.
▪ The memories crowded in around me as I sat with a nice cup of steaming hot water, writing in longhand.
▪ The document had become the classic of dissent for these young men, each copy painstakingly written out in longhand.
▪ This mode of writing is familiar, particularly if you grew up writing longhand.
▪ So she pushed herself, sometimes writing longhand, sometimes on a word processor.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An example would be writing a book in longhand instead of learning to use a word processor.
▪ In theory, all these tasks could be done by conventional methods, i.e. paste-up, longhand correction, etc.
▪ So she pushed herself, sometimes writing longhand, sometimes on a word processor.
▪ The document had become the classic of dissent for these young men, each copy painstakingly written out in longhand.
▪ The memories crowded in around me as I sat with a nice cup of steaming hot water, writing in longhand.
▪ This mode of writing is familiar, particularly if you grew up writing longhand.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Longhand

Longhand \Long"hand`\, n. The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand; as, took it down in longhand.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
longhand

also long-hand, of handwriting, 1660s, \nfrom long (adj.) + hand (n.).

Wiktionary
longhand

adv. 1 To write something by hand in normal characters, as opposed to shorthand. 2 To write something out by hand (with pen or pencil), rather than printing out; handwritten. n. The written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.

WordNet
longhand

adj. having words written out in full by hand; "longhand writing"

longhand

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]

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.