Explore Cursive through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like written or longhand. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cursive in a sentence
Cursive meaning
- Running; flowing.
- Having successive letters joined together.
- Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).
Synonyms of Cursive
Cursive vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Cursive
- The main meaning on this page is: Running; flowing. | Having successive letters joined together. | Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).
- Useful related words include: written, longhand, running hand, cursive script.
- Possible Dutch translations are: cursiefje.
- In the example corpus, cursive often appears in combinations such as: the cursive, cursive script, in cursive.
Context around Cursive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cursive
- In this selection, "cursive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, semi, learning, roman, script, uncial and documentary stand out and add context to how "cursive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a semi cursive when adopted and and or cursive. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cursive" sits close to words such as adversarial, archibald and ashraf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cursive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I wrote their names in cursive using my normal handwriting. (10 words)
Or is this, like cursive, a lost skill here in Montclair? (11 words)
I've always had a propensity for getting the cursive down pretty well. (13 words)
In some, the uncial or half-uncial forms were preserved with little or no modification, but the influence of the cursive is shown by the freedom of the strokes; these are known as rustic, semi-cursive or cursive uncial or half-uncial hands. (43 words)
Each week, I would take my place in front of a ruled board, just as I had when I was learning cursive, and spend two hours squeezing Crisco (cheaper and more forgiving than frosting) into shapes that always fell short of botanical verisimilitude. (43 words)
Edbert, who was declared a national winner as a third grader, said that when he does use cursive, he is forced to slow down, which allows his ideas to flow more freely and helps with creativity. (36 words)
Or is this, like cursive, a lost skill here in Montclair? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
Conversely, the cursive was sometimes affected, in varying degrees, by the set librariae; the cursive of the epistolaris became a semi-cursive when adopted as a libraria.
In some, the uncial or half-uncial forms were preserved with little or no modification, but the influence of the cursive is shown by the freedom of the strokes; these are known as rustic, semi-cursive or cursive uncial or half-uncial hands.
A series of transformations, for book purposes, of the cursive documentary script that had grown out of the later Roman cursive would get under way in France by the mid-7th century.
The ɔ has a cursive form that looks somewhat like a 2 or a small-capital Q in some cursive hands.
Archival work largely depends on a reader’s ability to read hard-to-read texts in shorthand and/or cursive.
The all-white post featured a tiny baby onesie laying open on top of white linen and, in thin, black cursive, read “coming soon…” across the tummy.
A fourth-grade student practices writing in cursive at Longfellow Elementary School in Pasadena last month.
And finally, spending weeks learning cursive in class, which was honestly my favourite thing I've ever learned in school.
In kindergarten, she taught a fellow 5-year-old how to write in cursive script, a friend who didn’t write in print yet.
Moving forward, handwriting instruction for grades 1 to 6 is to include writing “in cursive or joined italics in the appropriate grade levels,” the law states.
One of the biggest moments from that second trailer is the fact he can't say his actual name because of a cursive M that appears on his mouth.
Or is this, like cursive, a lost skill here in Montclair?
People and businesses from the four corners of North America are enthusiastic about supporting the Cursive Is Cool contest.
I've always had a propensity for getting the cursive down pretty well.
I wrote their names in cursive using my normal handwriting.
Ms Pepper's niece Charlotte, with newly acquired handwriting skills, has taken to writing back to her with "her beautiful infant cursive script".
When I went back on Tuesday, one of the archivists presented me with the file — cream-colored, bound with string and titled in neat cursive.
Edbert, who was declared a national winner as a third grader, said that when he does use cursive, he is forced to slow down, which allows his ideas to flow more freely and helps with creativity.
Keep writing and working on that cursive I want to see more great quotes on that fresh Pulp wall.
Each week, I would take my place in front of a ruled board, just as I had when I was learning cursive, and spend two hours squeezing Crisco (cheaper and more forgiving than frosting) into shapes that always fell short of botanical verisimilitude.
Common combinations with cursive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cursive 21×
- cursive script 16×
- in cursive 14×
- roman cursive 6×
- cursive and 6×
- of cursive 5×
- minuscule cursive 5×
- cursive was 4×
- cursive handwriting 4×
- cursive of 3×