Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: handwriting
IPA transcription: [h'ændɹ,aɪtɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: handwriting, hand, script
    Meaning: something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible"
Usage examples
  • "The handwriting is exactly like Mr. Langmore's.
  • It certainly was his handwriting, but by no means his wishes.
  • "The handwriting is rather bold and very clear, with no twirls or flourishes.
  • Half an hour later, one of the women-servants handed to me an envelope bearing my name on it in Naomi's handwriting.
  • "Miss Margaret Spencer," and then, in the crabbed handwriting of my dear old landlady, "care of Mrs. Richard Graham."
  • With these words, she takes out of her bosom a paper which she gives me; I recognize the handwriting of Zanetto Steffani.
  • Although there is nowhere a date, the handwriting makes it possible to arrange the poems with general chronologic accuracy.
  • "Amelia had better write a note," said her father; "and let George Osborne see what a beautiful handwriting we have brought back from Miss Pinkerton's.
  • There is another scrap of paper, in this all but illegible handwriting, written about this time, and which gives some idea of the sources of their opinions.
  • "By post!" cried Katy, in amazement; "why, how can that be?" Then catching sight of Rose's handwriting on the envelope, she understood, and smiled at her own simplicity.