running hand

noun

1. script or calligraphy characterized by uniformly slanted letters that are written quickly and connected by long, continuous strokes of the pen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of running hand¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

She wrote with a firm, running hand, and as from an overflowing mind, without stopping to gather her thoughts.

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On top of my mail next morning lay a small envelope, unstamped, and addressed to me in a free running hand.

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The message was scrawled in a free, running hand, with several erasures, as if it had been taken over a telephone.

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They were running hand in hand, the man a little in front dragging his companion on by force.

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This they undertook to do, by main strength and sweat, running hand over hand the float-line of a net.

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