HANDWRITING Definition & Meaning

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handwriting

[ hand-rahy-ting ]

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noun

writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
a style or manner of writing by hand, especially that which characterizes a particular person; penmanship:
an eccentric handwriting.
a handwritten document; manuscript.

handwriting

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noun

writing by hand rather than by typing or printing
a person's characteristic writing style
that signature is in my handwriting

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of handwriting¹

1375–1425; late Middle English hand writyng; hand + writing

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Idioms and Phrases

handwriting on the wall, a premonition, portent, or clear indication, especially of failure or disaster: Also writing on the wall.
The company had ignored the handwriting on the wall and was plunged into bankruptcy.

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Example Sentences

Next to her body was a note in her father's handwriting, which read: "Whoever see this note, it's me Urfan Sharif who killed my daughter by beating."

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I read my mom’s handwriting on the envelopes with the dates.

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Troy Aikman’s handwriting, for instance, is so precise it almost looks like calligraphy.

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Police obtained samples of her handwriting, and went to a handwriting expert, who declared them to be a match to receipt signatures for charges on the dead man’s credit card.

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Next to the pillow was a note in Sharif's handwriting in which he said he had killed his daughter by beating.

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