cursive
(of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
Printing. in flowing strokes resembling handwriting.
a cursive letter or character.
Printing. a style of typeface simulating handwriting.
Origin of cursive
1Other words from cursive
- cur·sive·ly, adverb
- cur·sive·ness, noun
- non·cur·sive, adjective
- non·cur·sive·ly, adverb
- trans·cur·sive, adjective
- trans·cur·sive·ly, adverb
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How to use cursive in a sentence
This form of early cursive writing system is known as the cuneiform – and it is widely viewed as the most significant contribution by the city of Uruk.
Who Were The Ancient Sumerians? History of the ‘First’ Mesopotamians | Dattatreya Mandal | September 15, 2022 | Realm of HistoryIn sloppy cursive, I used my finger to write their names in the air.
VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence | Hana Kiros | August 6, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewAncient Egyptian hieroglyphic and cursive documents describe recipes for several perfumes.
Ancient ‘smellscapes’ are wafting out of artifacts and old texts | Bruce Bower | May 4, 2022 | Science NewsThe two-time second-team all-American had a backdrop set up at her draft party featuring a wall of ivy outlined with flowers and her name written in cursive in lights.
Easy as 1-2-3: Charli Collier, Awak Kuier, Aari McDonald top WNBA draft | Kareem Copeland | April 16, 2021 | Washington PostMoxie kicks off as a shout-out to riot grrrl spirit, only to give us an ending written in the cursive script of an inspirational mug.
Moxie Invokes Fierce, Riot Grrrl Spirit, Only to End in a Noncommittal Group Hug | Stephanie Zacharek | March 3, 2021 | Time
Thorns support is for everyone, and there are no pastel colors or condescending cursive.
Portland Is Ground Zero for the Best Women’s Soccer in the World | Evelyn Shoop | June 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe letter is four pages long, written on binder paper, in careful cursive.
He did not tell his wife that he left a note behind for her: a very detailed message, written in his careful, flowing cursive.
The Man Oswald First Tried to Kill Before JFK | Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMy Facebook page still reflects that—Modest Mouse and cursive and El-P.
How to Stay on Facebook and Protect Your Privacy at the Same Time | Jesse Singal | July 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the neat cursive writing was not in Arabic; it was in Hebrew.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Vandalize Jerusalem’s Holocaust Memorial | Alex Klein | June 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI think cursive has also been used to describe the roundness of writing as opposed to an angular shape.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyCan you explain the meaning of the term "cursive" apart from your use in this instance?
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyIn the more cursive or Hieratic writing the horned serpent appears as ; in the later Demotic as and .
The earlier copies are all in uncial or "capital" letters, cursive or "lower-case" letters being a later invention.
The closely-packed script has come down to us, the writing fine, like Greek cursive.
The White Plumes of Navarre | Samuel Rutherford Crockett
British Dictionary definitions for cursive
/ (ˈkɜːsɪv) /
of or relating to handwriting in which letters are formed and joined in a rapid flowing style
printing of or relating to typefaces that resemble handwriting
a cursive letter or printing type
a manuscript written in cursive letters
Origin of cursive
1Derived forms of cursive
- cursively, adverb
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