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longhand

[ lawng-hand, long- ]

noun

  1. writing of the ordinary kind, in which words are written out in full ( shorthand ).


adjective

  1. using longhand:

    longhand writing.

  2. written in longhand:

    a longhand account of the meeting.

longhand

/ ˈɒŋˌæԻ /

noun

  1. ordinary handwriting, in which letters, words, etc, are set down in full, as opposed to shorthand or to typing
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of longhand1

First recorded in 1660–70; long 1 + hand
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Selleck spent four years writing the book longhand on yellow legal pads, quoting from George Will and Raymond Chandler along the way.

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Maas worked with four different law firms and even carried the case on his own for months, writing motions longhand on white legal pads and sending them via U.S. mail.

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And while other companies began to digitize operations, Samyang’s employees did their books in longhand.

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In 1970, he sent her a letter in impeccably neat, angular longhand.

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Put to task by Aboriginal elders, her job was to take down their every word in longhand.

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