Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art, skill, style, or manner of handwriting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing.
- noun Manner of writing; hand-writing: as, accomplished penmanship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The art or skill of good
handwriting ;calligraphy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun beautiful handwriting
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Examples
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After college, and no longer having to take notes, or write anything physically, my penmanship is so shot.
Loosen Up Your Writing Grip To Banish Pain | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Mike -- I think that penmanship is called the Palmer method, something I don't think they teach anymore.
Grandma's chocolate pie | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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Though his penmanship is relatively readable, I often found myself wishing I could simultaneously see them in basic plain text form.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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And unlike Severn, who often wrote in a hurried scrawl and crossed his letters, Brown's penmanship is always careful and meticulous.
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Though his penmanship is relatively readable, I often found myself wishing I could simultaneously see them in basic plain text form.
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Indeed, penmanship is a superior form of teaching and is necessary to correct defects already acquired and fixed.
The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912
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Too often, penmanship is taught at an age when all the defects have become established, and when the physiological period in which the muscular memory is ready, has been passed.
The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912
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Of course, my penmanship was a lot better then, and I wrote really tiny...
Hoh Rainforest, I have big crash, the squirrel grapevine and more postcards Elizabeth McClung 2008
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That night Caris got three or four hours 'sleep in the hired parlor of the inn, while Pella and Joanna worked at what Joanna called their penmanship exercises and tried to figure out the tricky business of removing a seal from parchment without cracking it.
The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988
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The penmanship should be a neat, strong hand, very plain and legible, and devoid of all flourish.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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