cursive
Americanadjective
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(of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
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Printing. in flowing strokes resembling handwriting.
noun
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a cursive letter or character.
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Printing. a style of typeface simulating handwriting.
adjective
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of or relating to handwriting in which letters are formed and joined in a rapid flowing style
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printing of or relating to typefaces that resemble handwriting
noun
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a cursive letter or printing type
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a manuscript written in cursive letters
Other Word Forms
- cursively adverb
- cursiveness noun
- noncursive adjective
- noncursively adverb
- transcursive adjective
- transcursively adverb
Etymology
Origin of cursive
1775–85; < Medieval Latin cursīvus flowing (said of penmanship), equivalent to Latin curs ( us ) (past participle of currere to run) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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It’s full of brief notes in Mum’s looping cursive.
From Literature
“That’s part of the fun,” Van Hulsen says as she brings over a sterling silver ice cream scoop engraved with “There’s nothing wrong with me that ice cream can’t fix” in barely perceptible cursive.
From Los Angeles Times
We’re taught how to teach the students to write both print and cursive letters, how to sound out words from syllables, and how to create sentences by joining together verbs and nouns.
From Literature
I stole a quick glance at her paper, the loopy cursive writing as neat and tidy as her hair.
From Literature
This feels important enough to warrant a metaphor, yet too complicated to be summed up by any single letter—even a cursive capital G, if those still exist.
From Barron's
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