Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To write by hand.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To write with one's own hand.
- To perform the act of writing; write.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
write somethingmanually , normally used to emphasise that it is not beingtyped .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb write by hand
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I was able to eventually master the artistic demands of cursive writing, and managed to handwrite in a rather exemplary style until medical school, where the demands of rapid and comprehensive note-taking overwhelmed my delicate graphic training and led to the rapid deterioration of my handwriting towards the unreadable.
Yolanda Reid Chassiakos: Zaner Bloser, We Hardly Knew Ye Yolanda Reid Chassiakos 2011
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The Shanghai Language Commission conducted a survey among university students, which found that while many know what the characters should look like, they are unable to handwrite them.
Web Translations » Blog Archive » Are Chinese people forgetting how to write? 2010
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"Before, I had to go through monthly credit-card statements and handwrite it, and it seemed like an old-school style process," Ms. Wellons says.
Need to Bank? Phone It In. Javier Espinoza 2011
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I was able to eventually master the artistic demands of cursive writing, and managed to handwrite in a rather exemplary style until medical school, where the demands of rapid and comprehensive note-taking overwhelmed my delicate graphic training and led to the rapid deterioration of my handwriting towards the unreadable.
Yolanda Reid Chassiakos: Zaner Bloser, We Hardly Knew Ye Yolanda Reid Chassiakos 2011
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I could handwrite on its screen surprisingly quickly using a stripped-down alphabet named Graffiti.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Let me handwrite the lyrics, but you've got to give me some really good letterhead with a picture of the resort on it and Patrick and Jennifer.
Mike Ragogna: Beyond Dirty Dancing & Semisonic: Conversations with Dan Wilson and Franke Previte Mike Ragogna 2010
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I could handwrite on its screen surprisingly quickly using a stripped-down alphabet named Graffiti.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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I handwrite or type them, and cross things off so I have a sense I've done it.
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Let me handwrite the lyrics, but you've got to give me some really good letterhead with a picture of the resort on it and Patrick and Jennifer.
Mike Ragogna: Beyond Dirty Dancing & Semisonic: Conversations with Dan Wilson and Franke Previte Mike Ragogna 2010
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The camcorder “solution” is like requiring someone to handwrite the quote she wants to use from a book, go outside and take a picture of the book, then bring the picture back into the house and hook it up and retype the quote — from the book that is sitting next to her computer.
Archive 2009-05-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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