handwrite

American  

[hand-rahyt] / ˈhændˌraɪt /

verb (used with object)

handwrote, handwrit, handwritten, handwrit, handwriting

1. to write (something) by hand.

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Etymology

Origin of handwrite

First recorded in 1840–50; back formation from handwriting

Example Sentences

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If my daughter had children and refused to let me see them, I’d handwrite a letter to each grandchild every birthday and/or holiday.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

At the center of the Venn diagram of people who love technology and love to handwrite everything, there’s ReMarkable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

“As a general rule, reading and writing go hand in hand, and the ability to actually handwrite is key in the development of young learners.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

In addition to requiring students in her intro courses to handwrite their code, the paper exams will count for a higher percentage of the grade this fall, she said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

In high school I had been able to handwrite ten- and twenty-page papers in little more than an hour—and I never revised what I wrote.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

We also want to get an auto pen so we can write handwritten cards for guests because it’s kind of hard to write perfect handwriting in different languages and in cursive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Ms. Allen traces pen names, decodes handwriting and deciphers marginalia in Richmond’s correspondence and books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

A guidebook to the Coast to Coast was published by him in the early 1970s in his own handwriting and sketches.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Two smaller chapels—one blood red, and the other white—contrast with the interior’s shades of gray, as do stained-glass and hand-painted windows, which, in handwriting, call out the Virgin by name, “Marie.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Letter paper was scarce in Plinkst, but she had found a stack of yellowed sheets in the nursery that still bore the faded trace of Master Gogolev’s handwriting.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

As they craft, artisans chant aloud the design code handwritten on a strip of paper known as talim -- shorthand of ancient symbols for numbers and colours -- knotting the threads string by string.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The dispute began over handwritten notes made as part of an experimental program to increase voter confidence in the county’s election procedures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Is a handwritten will legally sufficient and advisable in Texas?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

She was equally struck by another small detail: handwritten notes left by staff alongside the books.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Crick’s handwritten scribbles—A, C, T, and G—still adorn the plates.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

For Christmas in 1995, he handwrote that poem and gave it to his father and two grandfathers along with a pair of black socks each.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

In 1997, The Times described how McArthur refused to use a typewriter or computer and painstakingly handwrote his Bible studies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025

Research, for example, has found that students’ brains were more active when they handwrote information rather than typing it on a keyboard and when using a pen and paper versus a stylus and a tablet.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025

“One of our smallest providers was one of the ones that flagged cash flow issues right away. And, like, we literally handwrote checks, and I walked them down.”

From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022

Underneath, he handwrote: “If done under your assurance that it is not traceable.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin