Synonyms: minuscule
Definition: a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
Similar words: cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand
Definition: rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
Synonyms: lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter
Definition: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
Similar words: grapheme, graphic symbol, character
Definition: a written symbol that is used to represent speech
Usage: the Greek alphabet has 24 characters
Synonyms: miniscule, minuscule
Definition: very small
Usage: a minuscule kitchen; a minuscule amount of rain fell
Definition: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Usage: a little dining room; a little house; a small car; a little (or small) group
Synonyms: little, small, minuscule
Definition: lowercase
Usage: little a; small a; e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
Similar words: lowercase
Definition: relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case
Usage: lowercase letters; a and b and c etc