running hand

Questions about running hand

What does running hand mean?

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

What is another word for running hand?

Close synonyms include longhand, cursive, cursive script. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is running hand a common word?

running hand is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.