Definitions for longhand

longhand long·hand

Spelling: [lawng-hand, long-]
IPA: /ˈlɔŋˌhænd, ˈlɒŋ-/

Longhand is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 182 anagrams from letters in longhand (adghlnno).

Definitions for longhand

noun

  1. writing of the ordinary kind, in which words are written out in full (distinguished from shorthand).

adjective

  1. using longhand:
  2. written in longhand:

Origin of longhand

First recorded in 1660-70; long1 + hand

Examples for longhand

Well, some of them were typewritten, some of them were written in longhand pencil, some of it was written in pen.

Much of his work, while in the Berkshires, was done in longhand.

Then, recovering from her abstraction, “I can write as fast in it now as in longhand.”

I gave her a short dictation, which she took down in longhand.

The length of the arms and the surname “longhand” here given to Darius are assigned by others to Artaxerxes.

“It struck me as peculiar that it was written in longhand instead of on a typewriter,” Penny explained.

Exhibit 711, your report, was that written out in longhand or dictated to a girl?

Now, Mrs. Paine, the portion of the letter in blue ink in longhand is in whose handwriting?

Well, I wrote it out in longhand and carried it to the secretary and she typed it up.

Is any of this application blank, that is any of the longhand on it, in the hand of your mother other than her signature?

Word Value for longhand
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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