cursive script

Questions about cursive script

What does cursive script mean?

cursive script means "rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper".

What is another word for cursive script?

Close synonyms include longhand, running hand, cursive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cursive script a common word?

cursive script is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.