Advanced Vocabulary - Handwriting and Spelling

Handwriting and Spelling

calligraphy noun

art beautiful writing done using special pens or brushes.

crabbed adjective

crabbed writing is written in small letters that are very close together and difficult to read.

cursive adjective

linguistics cursive handwriting is written with each letter of a word joined to the next letter. Children refer to this as joined-up writing. 

decipher verb

to succeed in reading untidy or careless writing.

graphology noun

the science of studying people’s handwriting in order to learn about their character.

hand noun

mainly literary someone’s handwriting.

handwriting noun

the particular way that someone writes using a pen or pencil.

handwritten adjective

written using a pen or pencil, instead of being printed or typed.

illiterate adjective

illiterate writing contains a lot of grammar and spelling mistakes.

longhand noun

ordinary writing done by hand instead of typing.

misspell verb

to spell a word wrongly.

orthography noun

linguistics the system of spelling that a language uses.

penmanship noun

formal writing done by hand, or skill in this type of writing.

print verb

to write by hand using individual letters that are not joined together.

printing noun

a simple style of writing in which the letters are not joined together.

scrawl noun

untidy, careless writing, or something written carelessly or in a hurry, so that it is difficult to read.

scribble noun

untidy writing, or something written in an untidy way.

script noun

formal handwriting .

spell verb

to know the letters of a word in the correct order.

spell verb

to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order.

spell out

to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order.

spell verb

to have a good knowledge of the way that words are written.

spell verb

if a series of letters spells a word, they make that word. This is usually used by children and teachers.

speller noun

formal someone who spells words.

spelling noun

the ability to spell.

spelling noun

the correct way of writing a word.

spidery adjective

spidery writing is untidy and consists of long thin lines.

steno noun

informal stenography .

stenography noun

a system of writing very quickly using special signs.

unreadable adjective

unreadable writing or printing is impossible to read because it is very small or untidy.

write verb

to spell a word.

writing noun

used about the individual way that a particular person writes.

orthographical adjective 

orthographically adverb 

double t m 8 9 etc

spoken used when spelling a word or giving a number, to say that a letter or number is repeated.

total words = 35