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round hand

noun

  1. a style of handwriting in which the letters are round, full, and clearly separated.


round hand

noun

  1. a style of handwriting with large rounded curves Compare italic copperplate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of round hand1

First recorded in 1675–85
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Example Sentences

The Declaration of Independence is written in a style known as round hand, one of many handwriting vernaculars that we’d recognize from Puritan and Colonial documents.

You're filled with relief as the hygienist passes you the round hand mirror, signaling the cleaning is complete and the dentist will be in shortly.

From US News

The circulation amounted to six copies a week, each of which had to be written out in fair round hand on two sheets of foolscap paper.

These devoted lines in that round hand were his mother's: his father's those ardent passions in those bold characters; he their son.

On one of these sheets she wrote, in her large, bold, round hand, a facsimile of the will which marriage had rendered invalid.

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