Cursive

Word CURSIVE
Character 7
Hyphenation cur sive
Pronunciations /ˈkɜːsɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Cursive"

What do we mean by cursive?

Having the successive letters joined together. adjective

A cursive character or letter. noun

A manuscript written in cursive characters. noun

A type style that imitates handwriting. noun

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.

A cursive letter or character: as, a manuscript written in cursives. noun

A manuscript written in cursive characters. noun

Running; flowing. adjective

A running handwriting. adjective

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. noun

Having successive letters joined together. adjective

A cursive character, letter or font. noun

A manuscript written in cursive characters. noun

Having successive letter joined together adjective

Rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper noun

A cursive character, letter or font.

A manuscript written in cursive characters.

Joined-up handwriting.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cursive

The word "cursive" in example sentences

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 … ❋ Unknown (2009)

Did you answer the written questions in cursive or did you print on the OSSLT? ❋ Unknown (2009)

My written text consists mostly of joined-print letters with the letters r, s, and z almost always in cursive form. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Laura Barnett (2010)

Arenas had the words "Change We Believe In" tattooed onto the fingers of his left hand in cursive writing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Do the French teach cursive from the outset? happyforyou | ❋ Unknown (2008)

• If names were printed instead of signed in cursive writing, they were declared invalid. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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." ❋ Homesick Texan (2008)

Pushing away at the top of an "o" in cursive just never seemed logical to me. ❋ Jessica Hagy (2007)

Fortunately, cursive is going the way of the dinosaur. ❋ Jessica Hagy (2007)

Personally, I don’t see why cursive is necessary because I can’t read a lot of other people’s cursive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In a world where the necessity of writing in cursive has blessedly gone the way of the dodo, being a lefty in a right-handed world has pretty much ceased to be a problem at all, as far as I’m concerned. mattheww says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

She used pink mechanical pencils and wrote in cursive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His name in cursive script surrounded by a huge scroll design. ❋ Meesha Mink (2011)

There were no markings on it to say who it was from, only his name in cursive writing. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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