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Cursive

Cursive Meaning & Definition
Cursive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cursive?

[n] rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
[adj] having successive letter joined together; "cursive script"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cursive: longhand | running hand | written

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cursive: autograph | autographic | block letter | bold hand | book hand | calligraphic | chancery hand | chirographic | copperplate hand | cursive hand | effortless | engrossed | flowing | fluent | graphic | graphoanalytic | graphologic | graphometric | holograph | holographic | in longhand | in shorthand | in writing | inscribed | Italian hand | italic | italicized | law hand | lettering | longhand | majuscule script | manuscript | minuscule script | on paper | penciled | penned | printed | printing | round hand | running | scriptorial | scriptural | shorthand | smooth | Spencerian writing | stylographic | text hand | uncial | written

See Also | copperplate | hand | handwriting | italic | round hand | script

Cursive In Webster's Dictionary

\Cur"sive\ (k?r"s?v), a. [LL. cursivus: cf. F. cursif See {Cursitor}.] Running; flowing. {Cursive hand},a running handwriting.
\Cur"sive\, n. 1. A character used in cursive writing. 2. A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial. --Shipley.

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