"Italic" is a word in ENGLISH
Relating to Italy or to its people.
An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.);
-- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic
letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance,
antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.
Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters
do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because
dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about
the year 1500.
Sydney, don't leave Adrian because of me.""It's more complicated than that," I said automatically."It's really not," she said. "From everything I've seen and heard, you're just afraid. You've always controlled every detail of your life. When you couldn't-like with the Alchemists-you found a way to seize back that control.""There is nothing wrong with wanting control," I snapped."Except that we can't always have it, and sometimes that is a good thing. A great thing, even," she added. "And that's how it is with Adrian. No matter how hard you try, you aren't going to be able to control your feelings for him. You can't help loving him, and so you're running away. I'm just an excuse.
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The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and …
Read the complete definitionTo print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; …
Read the complete definitionUpright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.
Read the complete definitionRoman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics.
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