Penmanship
['penmənʃɪp] or ['pɛnmən'ʃɪp]
Definition
(n.) The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Chirography.
Typist: Meg
Examples
- He is now a teacher of penmanship in Paris. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mr. Edison has adhered to this characteristic style of penmanship down to the present time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was there that he perfected the peculiar vertical style of writing which, beginning with him in telegraphy, later became so much of a fad with teachers of penmanship and in the schools. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If you have got any specimens of penmanship of real merit, trot them out! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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