'Cursive' definitions:
Definition of 'cursive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having successive letter joined together; "cursive script"
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 [syn: longhand, running hand, cursive, cursive script]
Definition of 'Cursive'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Cursive'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'cursive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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