running hand
- noun
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escritura cursiva
- Teachers once required students to master running hand as part of their penmanship lessons.
Examples
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She admired her grandmother's elegant running hand on the letters she sent.
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She wrote the note in a beautiful running hand.
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The original manuscript was written in a neat running hand that was difficult to reproduce.
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Do you prefer running hands or printed text?
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The student quickly wrote the notes in a running hand during the lecture.
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She admired the artist's running hand on the page, as it flowed smoothly and beautifully.
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The teacher encouraged students to practice writing in running hand for better speed and clarity.
Synonyms
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1.4
The way a person writes letters and words by hand
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8.1
The way a person forms letters when they write
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4.6
Handwriting that shows a person's style of writing
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5.3
The skill of writing by hand clearly and neatly
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4.3
A style of writing in which letters are joined and flow together
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4.6
Writing by hand with letters written fully, often joined together
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4.4
Handwriting in which letters join together in a smooth, flowing way
A person's neat, beautiful way of writing by hand
Antonyms
How Connected
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound links 'running' (flowing/continuous) with 'hand' (one's style of handwriting), so a learner who knows those senses can likely infer it refers to a flowing, connected cursive script. However the use of 'running' as a metaphor for continuous handwriting and the lexicalized collocation with 'hand' is somewhat figurative and may not be fully predictable without exposure, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The phrase running hand comes from the image of a running hand moving along the page while the writer did not lift the pen, so the letters flowed together. That's why it means a quick, flowing kind of handwriting with 'joined letters'.