handwriting

handwriting

hand‧writ‧ing /ˈhændˌraɪtɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
the style of someone’s writing:
I recognised her handwriting on the envelope.
My handwriting has never been very neat.
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COLLOCATIONS

adjectives

▪ neat/clear Your handwriting is much neater than mine.
▪ legible/illegible (=written clearly/not written clearly enough for you to read) He writes very quickly and his handwriting is almost illegible.
▪ small/tiny Her handwriting was so tiny I couldn’t read it without my glasses.
▪ bad/poor/terrible/awful Why do doctors have such terrible handwriting?
▪ good/lovely/beautiful He wrote, in his lovely handwriting, a letter asking Ramsey to visit him.
▪ sb’s best handwriting In his best handwriting, he wrote, 'Happy Father’s Day, Dad'.

verbs

▪ have neat/small etc handwriting Yu Yin has tiny handwriting.
▪ recognize sb’s handwriting Marcus didn’t recognize the handwriting on the envelope.
▪ read sb’s handwriting I’m afraid I find it very difficult to read your handwriting.

handwriting + NOUN

▪ a handwriting expert (=someone who studies people's handwriting ) A handwriting expert has confirmed that the letter was almost certainly written by Bateman.

phrases

▪ in sb’s own handwriting Entry forms must be in the candidate’s own handwriting.