handwriting
/ˈhændɹaɪtɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "He took up the letter: well did he know the delicate and graceful handwriting; but he saw that the characters were tremulous, and it had obviously been written at different times."
- "It was still early in the morning when Elettra brought her a letter, bearing the postmark of the city, and addressed in one of those small, clear handwritings which seem naturally to belong to scholars and students."
- "In some handwritings of the seventh or eighth century, where the letters have a round form, the substitution of OT for EG would be far from difficult."
- "Great libraries are only just beginning to gather up the manuscript minutiae which their books contain; to identify handwritings; to decipher monograms; to collect facts."
- "And, my friend believes, Armedov is getting paid by...? Yes, our friends at Langley! CIA handwriting all over it, he reckons!"
- "The show needs to portray the designer's handwriting but it should also be innovative too."