italics are letters that slope to the right, like the letters used for the examples in this dictionary. Italics are often used to emphasize particular words in a piece of printed writing.
Synonyms and related words
Printing and fonts and print layout
bold
bold
CamelCase
italics
noun plural
US /ɪˈtælɪks/
DEFINITIONS1
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italics are letters that slope to the right, like the letters used for the examples in this dictionary. Italics are often used to emphasize particular words in a piece of printed writing.