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