Definition of "longhand"

longhand

/ˈlɒŋˌhænd/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural longhands
1. The written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.
  Quotations
  When, however, in any particular case, he has no assured means of determining the true spelling of the name, he should always quietly interrupt the dictater with the request, " Spell it , please," and then write the name in longhand from the dictater's spelling.
  1910, Jerome Bird Howard, The Phonographic Amanuensis, page 210
adverb
not comparable
1. Written by hand in normal characters, as opposed to shorthand.
2. Written by hand (with pen or pencil), rather than printed out; handwritten.