cursive

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: longhandrunning handcursive script

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paperSynonyms: longhandrunning handcursive script

Adjective (1)

  1. having successive letter joined together“cursive script”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cursive \Cur"sive\ (k?r"s?v), a. [LL. cursivus: cf. F. cursif See Cursitor.] Running; flowing. [1913 Webster]

Cursive hand,a running handwriting. [1913 Webster]

Cursive \Cur"sive\, n.

1.A character used in cursive writing. [1913 Webster]

2.A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial. --Shipley. [1913 Webster]

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