cursive

UK /ˈkɝsɪv/ US /ˈkɝsɪv/
adj 3noun 3

Definitions

adj

1

Running; flowing.

2

Having successive letters joined together.

Then Mambro handed me his manuscript, a sheaf of loose pages really, his cursive handwriting scrawled over them, the exaggerated tails of the f’s and the j’s, the distinct loop of the q.

3

Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).

cursive aspect

[…] of the action or state of affairs expressed by the verb to the time of utterance; rather they express how the speaker regards the event: many grammarians distinguish between a constative aspect, in which an occurrence is simply registered as such, as something concluded, and a cursive aspect, in which the action is described in its course. (I need not add that this is an oversimplification, but there is no time for a more detailed account.)

noun

1

A cursive character, letter or font.

2

A manuscript written in cursive characters.

3

Joined-up handwriting.

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