noun. Cursive writing.

noun. Writing of the ordinary form, as contradistinguished from shorthand or stenography.

noun. The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand.

noun. The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.

adverb. To write something by hand in normal characters, as opposed to shorthand.

adverb. To write something out by hand (with pen or pencil), rather than printing out; handwritten.

adjective. having words written out in full by hand

noun. rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper

"Writing is one of the plastic arts, which is why I still write in longhand for a first draft."