The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cursive \Cur"sive\ (k?r"s?v), a. [LL. cursivus: cf. F. cursif
   See Cursitor.]
   Running; flowing.
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   Cursive hand,a running handwriting.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cursive \Cur"sive\, n.
   1. A character used in cursive writing.
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   2. A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in
      small, connected characters or in a running hand; --
      opposed to uncial. --Shipley.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cursive
    adj 1: having successive letter joined together; "cursive
           script"
    n 1: rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and
         are cursively connected within words without lifting the
         writing implement from the paper [syn: longhand, running
         hand, cursive, cursive script]