Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the successive letters joined together.
- noun A cursive character or letter.
- noun A manuscript written in cursive characters.
- noun Printing A type style that imitates handwriting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Running; flowing, as writing or manuscript in which the letters are joined one to another, and are formed rapidly without raising the pen, pencil, or stylus; specifically, in paleography, modified from the capital or uncial form, so as to assume a form analogous to that used in modern running hand: as, the cursive style; cursive letters; cursive manuscripts.
- noun A cursive letter or character: as, a manuscript written in cursives.
- noun A manuscript written in cursive characters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Running; flowing.
- adjective a running handwriting.
- noun A character used in cursive writing.
- noun A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to
uncial .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
successive letters joined together . - noun A cursive
character ,letter orfont . - noun A
manuscript written in cursive characters.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having successive letter joined together
- noun rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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My written text consists mostly of joined-print letters with the letters r, s, and z almost always in cursive form.
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Did you answer the written questions in cursive or did you print on the OSSLT?
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test? « Literacy Schools « Literacy Help « Literacy News 2009
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My problem now is that I actually type faster than I write (even in cursive), so I get impatient and try to write faster – which makes it even less legible …
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Its cover, on which the winsome title flows in cursive across the pale chest of a red-lipped woman, was presumably deemed female-friendly, though it only made me want to hide the book on the bus.
All the Hopeful Lovers by William Nicholson - review Laura Barnett 2010
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Arenas had the words "Change We Believe In" tattooed onto the fingers of his left hand in cursive writing.
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Do the French teach cursive from the outset? happyforyou |
boss 2008
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All the letters were usually arranged on the top part of the wall, around the schoolrooms, all in cursive swirls, first the capital letter and then the "little letter."
Grandma's chocolate pie | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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• If names were printed instead of signed in cursive writing, they were declared invalid.
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• If names were printed instead of signed in cursive writing, they were declared invalid.
Blitzer: Why did McClellan revive the cocaine controversy? 2008
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• If names were printed instead of signed in cursive writing, they were declared invalid.
Clinton campaign plans to keep going - but isn't saying where 2008
tankhughes commented on the word cursive
Cursive is also a term for a particular indie pop singing style in the 2000s/2010s. https://www.acelinguist.com/2021/05/dialect-dissection-indie-voicecursive.html
January 30, 2023