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penmanship

[ pen-muhn-ship ]

noun

  1. the art of handwriting; the use of the pen in writing.
  2. a person's style or manner of handwriting:

    clear penmanship; poor penmanship.



penmanship

/ ˈpɛnmənʃɪp /

noun

  1. style or technique of writing by hand Also calledcalligraphy


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Word History and Origins

Origin of penmanship1

First recorded in 1685–95; penman + -ship

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Example Sentences

The space to write is miniscule, so I will, to the best of my ability, use my capacity for penmanship that I learned during my career.

I have impressively terrible penmanship—my 12th grade English teacher compared it to something you’d find on a “criminal manifesto”—and it has only gotten worse since then.

I will tell you this, I always type my reports because I have messy handwriting/penmanship.

No trace of his penmanship was to be found—a very handy tip for future use.

And Miss Winter opened a French exercise-book, certainly containing anything but elegant specimens of penmanship.

I wrote that letter of introduction—I haven't studied penmanship for nothing, you know.

You are to come three nights a week, for lessons in arithmetic and penmanship.

He then advised the boy to take lessons in penmanship, in order to improve his writing.

And that belief is soon taken from him by his instructor of penmanship, who has a turn to liberal ideas.

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