"longhand" meaning in English

See longhand in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈlɒŋˌhænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-longhand.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: long + hand, by analogy with shorthand. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|long|hand}} long + hand, {{m|en|shorthand}} shorthand Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} longhand (not comparable)
  1. Written by hand in normal characters, as opposed to shorthand. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-longhand-en-adv-nbO4Ory1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 39 20 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 29 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 34 29 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 39 39 22
  2. Written by hand (with pen or pencil), rather than printed out; handwritten. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: handwritten
    Sense id: en-longhand-en-adv-BNKXEl0u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 39 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 34 29 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 39 39 22

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɒŋˌhænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-longhand.wav [Southern-England] Forms: longhands [plural]
Etymology: long + hand, by analogy with shorthand. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|long|hand}} long + hand, {{m|en|shorthand}} shorthand Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} longhand (countable and uncountable, plural longhands)
  1. The written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Writing Synonyms: handwriting
    Sense id: en-longhand-en-noun-c5moNIhM Disambiguation of Writing: 25 28 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 39 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 34 29 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 39 39 22

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for longhand meaning in English (5.5kB)

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