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freehand

freehand

1 4.2
Drawn or written by hand without using a ruler
  • adjective
  • /ˈfriːˌhænd/
translation icon : a mano
  • The artist prefers to sketch freehand, allowing her creativity to flow naturally.

So this is my first time working with freehand tracing.

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Examples

  • But Michelangelo worked mostly freehand, starting from the front and working back.

  • This is a little bit more freehand, I guess, than traditional methods of filling in your brows, but I will show you how easy it is to fix errors if you make them.

  • All this stuff is just completely freehand and just with a pen.

  • So mind map is kind of like a lower level, more freehand way of organizing your thoughts.

  • Let's just see what it does a little freehand versus this fancy tool.

  • So this is my first time working with freehand tracing.

  • Going to do it freehand over the lines I've marked.

  • And the answer is, for example, if you draw a graph freehand, maybe it's very smooth and you just draw it without lifting your hand off the paper, right?

  • But for everyday black liner, I think that maybe practicing your skills a little bit and doing a wing freehand and then cleaning up the edges might be a little bit easier.

  • She loves to draw freehand, creating beautiful images without using any rulers.

Synonyms

by hand
vsfreehand
81 2.0

To do something with your hands, for example writing or making things, instead of with a machine

is narrower, referring specifically to drawing or writing without measurement devices
freehanded
vsfreehand
6.3

Someone makes or draws it by hand without using tools

has identical meaning and is used in drawing and writing contexts

Antonyms

39 3.9

Moving or acting like a machine without feeling

4.1

Careful and slow in action or speech

How Precise

drafting
  • Specialized
4.2
measured
4.1
freehand
1 4.2
sketch
150 2.5

Surface Forms

freehand positive

Morphology

freehand = free + hand (semi-transparent) = free + hand

While the components 'free' and 'hand' are clear, the specific meaning related to drawing or writing without tools is not immediately obvious.

Etymology

Freehand comes from the parts free and hand, literally 'with the hand free', meaning to work 'without' measuring tools or machines. So, to draw or write freehand is to do it by hand, not using rulers or other devices.