italic
adjective
ital·ic
| \ É-Ëta-lik
, i-, Ä«-\
, i-, Ä«-\
Definition of italic
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: of or relating to a type style with characters that slant upward to the right (as in "these words are italic") â compare roman
b
: of or relating to a style of slanted cursive handwriting developed in the 15th and 16th centuries
2
capitalized
: of or relating to ancient Italy, its peoples, or their Indo-European languages
italic
nounDefinition of italic (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: an italic character or type
2
capitalized
: a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Latin, Oscan, and Umbrian â see Indo-European Languages Table
Examples of italic in a Sentence
Noun
These words are printed in italic. The type should be set in italics. These words are printed in italics.
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The New York Times sent out a breaking news alert and threw a bold, italic headline across its front page announcing the potential change in policy. — Tina Nguyen, The Hive, "Donald Trump Dupes the Media with Another Immigration Head Fake," 1 Mar. 2017 In each case, the subtitle appears in bold or italic, followed by a short paragraph in plain text describing the scope and results of the project. — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, "Working Strategies: Making strategic use of optional rĂ©sumĂ© sections," 28 Jan. 2017 The italic angle conveys forward motion, innovation, and progress. — Derek Hawkins, chicagotribune.com, "PayPal says Pandora latched onto its brand with new, similar logo," 24 May 2017 The New York Times sent out a breaking news alert and threw a bold, italic headline across its front page announcing the potential change in policy. — Tina Nguyen, The Hive, "Donald Trump Dupes the Media with Another Immigration Head Fake," 1 Mar. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Katy Waldman at Slate points out that Twitter and some other texting apps donât allow for italics and boldface, which makes capitalization an increasingly important way to show enthusiasm. — Dan Kopf, Quartzy, "The rise of all-lowercase and all-uppercase song titles," 21 Aug. 2019 Back in the heyday of personal letter-writing, all caps were just one part of a broader emotional ecosystem for expressing strong feeling, along with italics, underlining, larger letters, red ink, and other decorative formatting options. — Gretchen Mcculloch, WIRED, "The Meaning of All Capsâin Texting and in Life," 23 July 2019 Our background information and analysis is in italics. — Sarah Chaney, WSJ, "Nineteen Central Bankers Walk Into a BarâŠ," 11 Jan. 2019 Each recipient receives a shawl with a letter - its words are in italics in this column. — Joanne Berger Dumound/special To Cleveland.com., cleveland.com, "Prayer shawls bring warmth, comfort and blessings: Olmsted Dates and Data," 22 Jan. 2018 His hyperbolic, stylized writing work was a gleeful fusillade of exclamation points, italics and improbable words. — kansascity, "In memoriam list for May 20: Author Tom Wolfe, Margot âLois Laneâ Kidder | The Kansas City Star," 20 May 2018 His hyperbolic, stylized writing work was a gleeful fusillade of exclamation points, italics and improbable words. — kansascity, "In memoriam list for May 20: Author Tom Wolfe, Margot âLois Laneâ Kidder | The Kansas City Star," 20 May 2018 His hyperbolic, stylized writing work was a gleeful fusillade of exclamation points, italics and improbable words. — kansascity, "In memoriam list for May 20: Author Tom Wolfe, Margot âLois Laneâ Kidder | The Kansas City Star," 20 May 2018 His hyperbolic, stylized writing work was a gleeful fusillade of exclamation points, italics and improbable words. — kansascity, "In memoriam list for May 20: Author Tom Wolfe, Margot âLois Laneâ Kidder | The Kansas City Star," 20 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'italic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for italic
italic
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of italic
(Entry 1 of 2)
: having letters, numbers, etc., that slant upward to the right
: of or relating to ancient Italy, the people who lived there, or the languages spoken there
italic
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of italic (Entry 2 of 2)
: letters, numbers, etc., that slant upward to the right : italic type
See the full definition for italic in the English Language Learners Dictionary
italic
adjective
ital·ic
| \ i-Ëta-lik
\
\
Kids Definition of italic
(Entry 1 of 2)
: of or relating to a type style with letters that slant to the right (as in âitalic lettersâ)
italic
nounKids Definition of italic (Entry 2 of 2)
: a type style with letters that slant to the right : an italic letter or italic type
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