adj. Having the successive letters joined together: cursive writing; a cursive style of type. n. 1. A cursive character or letter. 2. A manuscript written in cursive characters. 3. Printing A type style that imitates handwriting. [French (écriture) cursive, cursive (handwriting), from Medieval Latin (scrīpta) cursīva, from Latin cursus, past participle of currere, to run; see kers- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] cursive·ly adv. |
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