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italic

italic

1 4.3
A style of handwriting with letters that slant to the right to make words stand out
  • noun
  • /ɪˈtælɪk/
translation icon : cursiva
  • The readers' choices are in italics.

Examples

  • Table 1 shows these estimated scores in italics.

    Academic text (1995)

  • In a story of Jewett's, he spotted needless sentences: "Did you put in those four lines in italics at the end?"

    Academic text (2003)

  • Firstly, Mitchell focuses on "women in the early history of the novel" (426; italics added).

    Fiction book (1996)

  • His outburst seems eccentric, the italics hyperbolic, but in just this way the remark is framed.

    Academic text (1995)

  • We used the four-item CAGE scale to determine alcohol abuse (key words, in italics below, form the acronym CAGE).

    Academic text (2003)

  • The stuff in italics is not Colby talking; it's Nate Silver's successors at Baseball Prospectus talking.

    Blog text (3)

  • The title of the book was printed in italics to highlight its importance.

  • When writing, I often use italics to emphasize certain words.

  • In her essay, she put the foreign words in italics for clarity.

Antonyms

upright
44 2.7

Standing straight up and not leaning

Compounds

Italic language
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of related ancient languages spoken in Italy, including Latin

How Slanted

italic
1 4.3

Surface Forms

italic singular
italics plural

Etymology

Italic comes from a word that meant 'of Italy', the same root as Italian. In Italy people used a quick, slanted handwriting and printers copied that angled look, so slanted handwriting is called 'italic'.