Cursive

//ˈkɝsɪv// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cursive character, letter or font. countable
  2. 2
    rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper wordnet
  3. 3
    A manuscript written in cursive characters. countable
  4. 4
    Joined-up handwriting. uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Running; flowing.
  2. 2
    Having successive letters joined together.

    "Then Mambro handed me his manuscript, a sheaf of loose pages really, his cursive handwriting scrawled over them, the exaggerated tails of the f’s and the j’s, the distinct loop of the q."

  3. 3
    Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).
Adjective
  1. 1
    having successive letters joined together wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
longhandwrittenscriptautographautographicblock letter

Example

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"I was amazed to learn that fewer and fewer young people can write in cursive."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus.

Related phrases

Roman cursivecursive singingminuscule cursive

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