- Brachygraphy
- Brachygraphy Bra*chyg"ra*phy, n. [Gr. brachy`s short + -graphy: cf. F. brachygraphie.] Stenography. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
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contraction — Synonyms and related words: Speedwriting, abatement, abbreviation, abridgment, alleviation, apocope, aposiopesis, attenuation, brachygraphy, clipping, coarctation, constriction, crasis, cutting, dampening, damping, decrease, decrement,… … Moby Thesaurus
shorthand — Synonyms and related words: Speedwriting, arrowhead, autograph, autographic, brachygraphy, calligraphic, character, chirographic, contraction, cuneiform, cursive, demotic character, determinative, engrossed, flowing, grammalogue, graphic,… … Moby Thesaurus
