stenography

[ stuh-nog-ruh-fee ]

/ stəˈnɒg rə fi /

the art of writing in shorthand.

Origin of stenography

First recorded in 1595–1605; steno- + -graphy

sten·o·graph·ic

[sten-uh-graf-ik] /ˌstɛn əˈgræf ɪk/, sten·o·graph·i·cal, adjective sten·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

We will present a stenographic report of the dialogue which then ensued, to the best of our ability.

Les Misrables |Victor Hugo
We may regret that no stenographic report was made of the interview.

Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete |Albert Bigelow Paine
Nor was there anything in the least businesslike, official, or stenographic about her manner.

Queed |Henry Sydnor Harrison
It was a stenographic transcript of testimony in a case which had been lost in the trial court and was now going up on appeal.

A Hoosier Chronicle |Meredith Nicholson

Lawton, says the stenographic report, was in excellent form, and committed a good deal of unforgivable syntax.

Plum Pudding |Christopher Morley

stenography

/ (stəˈnɒɡrəfɪ) /

the act or process of writing in shorthand by hand or machine

matter written in shorthand

stenographic (ˌstɛnəˈɡræfɪk) or stenographical, adjective stenographically, adverb