Handwrite

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed.

    "“Whoever you get, whether it’s the neighbor down the street or somebody you don’t know, type or even handwrite exactly what the duties and responsibilities are and have both parties sign it,” Mr. Dunn said."

  2. 2
    write by hand wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
set downwrite

Example

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"The week-long power outage didn't stop aspiring novelist Tom Jackson from writing his draft, no siree! He simply got out a journal, sat down, and decided to handwrite the rest of the darn thing!"

Etymology

From hand + write.

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