good hand

noun

Roget 590: writing etc. v.; chirography, stelography^†, cerography^†; penmanship, craftmanship^†; quill driving; typewriting.    writing, manuscript, MS.   , literae scriptae [Lat.]; these presents.    stroke of the pen, dash of the pen; coupe de plume; line; headline; pen and ink.    letter etc. 561; uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic; contraction; Brahmi^†, Devanagari, Nagari; script.    shorthand; stenography, brachygraphy^†, tachygraphy^†; secret writing, writing in cipher; cryptography, stenography; phonography^†, pasigraphy^†, Polygraphy^†, logography^†.    copy; transcript, rescript; rough copy, fair copy; handwriting; signature, sign manual; autograph, monograph, holograph; hand, fist.    calligraphy; good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand, legible hand, bold hand.    cacography^†, griffonage^†, barbouillage^†; bad hand, cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand; scribble etc. v.; pattes de mouche [Fr.]; ill-formed letters; pothooks and hangers.    stationery; pen, quill, goose quill; pencil, style; paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table; blackboard; ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well; typewriter.    transcription etc. (copy) 21; inscription etc. (record) 551; superscription etc. (indication) 550; graphology.    composition, authorship; cacoethes scribendi [Lat.]; graphoidea^†, graphomania^†; phrenoia^†.    writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver; stenographer, typewriter, typist; writer for the press etc. (author) 593.    ... show more

Roget 700: proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster^†, crackerjack; connoisseur etc. (scholar) 492; master, master hand; prima donna [Sp.], first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer; protagonist; past master; mahatma.    picked man; medallist, prizeman^†.    veteran; old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old file, old hand; man of business, man of the world.    nice hand, good hand, clean hand; practiced hand, experienced eye, experienced hand; marksman; good shot, dead shot, crack shot; ropedancer, funambulist^†, acrobat; cunning man; conjuror etc. (deceiver) 548; wizard etc. 994.    genius; mastermind, master head, master spirit.    cunning blade, sharp blade, sharp fellow; jobber; cracksman etc. (thief) 792^†; politician, tactician, strategist.    pantologist^†, admirable Crichton, Jack of all trades; prodigy of learning.    ... show more

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