penmanship

Noun

Meaning

The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

calligraphy chirography finn hand book writing copperplate script printing print manuscript handwriting fist lettering autograph
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Antonyms

writo atrocious handwriting unintelligible handwriting untidy handwriting very poor handwriting awful handwriting
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Hypernyms

hand script handwriting

Phrases with the word

atrocious penmanship elegant penmanship bad penmanship penmanship style

Examples

You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school. Eli Whitney

I can write with absolutely perfect penmanship with my feet. If I broke both my arms, I could still write a girl a love letter using just my toes. Ian Somerhalder

There's life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot, and then somebody steals your pencil. Dorothy Parker

Based on the latter, we now know that the directions to Royal Wedding City are drafted in excellent penmanship. Source: Internet

Laws mandating universal public education were intended to fit citizens with minimal skills for surviving in a democratic society—reading, math, history (at least a version of the myth that suited the needs of citizenship) and penmanship. Source: Internet

It isn’t a model of perfect penmanship, with just-so descenders and ascenders reaching precise lengths and each letter curving gracefully into the next. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

penmaking penman Penman equation penmesterol Penmynydd Penn