chirography
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Not its content, but its chirography: stubborn, insecure, self-centered, secretive, ungenerous and frigid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even though some words were beyond their ken, 1947-5 boys & girls batted 44.68% on such items as accessible, chirography, descendant and evanescent.
From Time Magazine Archive
It becomes me to have a fine pen, and to try and be rather refined than otherwise in my chirography!
From Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. by Hall, Edward B.
They are law papers she is copying, in that clear, legible chirography.
From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by Fleming, May Agnes
The essay was indited in the lawless style of chirography known as the “grass character,” and handed to the purchaser to be copied.
From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.
