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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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

And I like to handwrite stuff, especially for that kind of thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

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

I couldn’t sustain the necessary postures and angles to handwrite legibly.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2021

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

A 2009 report by the National Academy of Sciences examining the state of forensic sciences found, “The scientific basis for handwriting comparisons needs to be strengthened.”

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

In some cases, online stores are set up by fraudsters who forge items by purchasing products before adding a fake signature - either by doing so themselves or employing the services of expert handwriting copiers.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 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

The truth in my own handwriting doesn’t lie like he does.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

It is also the only Met case still run on the 1980s card index system, kept in case a handwritten detail was ever overlooked.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Roh Soh-yeong’s lawyers submitted a handwritten note that Roh’s mother had apparently saved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Last year, The Abbey, a Samuel Smith pub in Derby, abruptly closed with a handwritten note placed on the door saying the brewery owner was unhappy about photos of it being shared online.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Her anguish is shared outside morgues as well as in hospitals, where photos of missing persons are plastered on walls and utility poles, written on handwritten pieces of paper.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

I squinted at the handwritten sign hung on the door: San Cristobal’s Restaurante.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

Mozart’s sister, Maria Anna “Nannerl,” handwrote many of the genius composer’s compositions, and Playhouse head painter Johnny LeBlanc said the group worked to create an exact replica of her strokes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

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

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

That morning he handwrote Javier Bardem a letter to congratulate him on his performance.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024

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