Definitions
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- adjective written by hand.
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- adjective
written with apen orpencil , as opposed totyped - verb Past participle of
handwrite
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- adjective written by hand
Etymologies
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Examples
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Though I use it a lot in handwritten text, I mostly avoid it in formal prose and I empathize with your editor!
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A new study out of Lehigh University shows that workers lie 50% more of the time via email than in handwritten communication.
Are You More Likely To Lie Via Email Than On Paper? | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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I looked at the white envelope with my name handwritten on the front.
Special Delivery Belinda 2009
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Just have some kind of invoice-looking-thing written up to show how much it's worth (handwritten is OK) and present this with the specs on the trailer to the powers-that-be any place in Texas.
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This was difficult for a few reasons: first, I struggled with the fact that I am a huge believer in handwritten notes but this school seems to be moving very fast and I didn't want my notes to arrive too late so I had to resort to emails; second, since it was a conference call, I couldn't hear the names of all of the faculty members present very well.
Disappearing Tuesday 2005
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This was difficult for a few reasons: first, I struggled with the fact that I am a huge believer in handwritten notes but this school seems to be moving very fast and I didn't want my notes to arrive too late so I had to resort to emails; second, since it was a conference call, I couldn't hear the names of all of the faculty members present very well.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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There was a piece of the thick ivory paper folded in half with my name handwritten in black ink on the back.
Eclipse Meyer, Stephenie 2007
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After about ten minutes of sorting, I finally caught sight of my name handwritten on one of the papers.
Never Come Down Black, Michelle 1996
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Brundage also disputed previous media accounts, including in reports from The Associated Press, attributing to him quotes from documents with his name handwritten at the top.
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Brundage also disputed previous media accounts, including in reports from The Associated Press, attributing to him quotes from documents with his name handwritten at the top.
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