cursively

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Using flowing, joined handwriting

adverb
/ˈkɜːrsɪvli/

: de forma cursiva

The instructions were written cursively, making them difficult for some students to read.

Examples

She signed her name cursively at the bottom of the letter.
She wrote the note cursively.
He addressed the envelopes cursively, using elegant, flowing letters.
Can you write cursively like that?
The teacher instructed the students to write their names cursively for the art project.
She prefers to write her notes cursively to make them look more elegant.
In calligraphy class, we learned how to create beautiful letters cursively.

Synonyms

calligraphically

vscursively

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Someone writes it in a beautiful, careful way by hand

writes in a flowing joined style without emphasis on decoration

Surface Forms

cursively positive

Morphology

cursively = cursive (transparent) = cursive + ly

The adverb is a regular formation from the adjective 'cursive' using the productive English suffix '-ly', so its meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Cursively comes from cursive, which goes back to the Latin root curr- meaning 'to run'. Think of letters 'running' together in a smooth line — that image explains why writing cursively joins letters, and -ly simply turns it into a word that describes how something is done.