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longhands

longhands is the plural of longhand.

Meaning of longhand

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.
    • When, however, in any particular case, he has no assured means of determining the true spelling of the name, he should always quietly interrupt the dictater with the request, " Spell it , please," and then write the name in longhand from the dictater's spelling.1910, Jerome Bird Howard, The Phonographic Amanuensis, page 210
    Synonyms:
    handwriting
    Antonyms:
    shorthand

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Questions about longhands

What is longhands the plural of?
Longhands is the plural of longhand.

Words near longhands in the dictionary

  1. longhair
  2. longhaired
  3. longhairs
  4. Longham
  5. longhand
  6. longhands
  7. longhaul
  8. longhauled
  9. longhauler
  10. longhaulers
  11. longhauling

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