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What are italics?

What are italics? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (typography, plural only) letters in an italic typeface.
  2. (usually plural but sometimes singular in construction) plural of italic: exaggerated intonation or some similar oral speech device by which one or more words is heavily and usually affectedly emphasized or otherwise given sharp prominence
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I've got this kind of gut feeling that using italics, bold, ellipsis, exclamation marks in your writing is lazy.
Highlight important words and phrases with color, bolding, italics, underlining, etc.
This means that the user will be able to combine italics, bold and underlined font if needed.
His conversational style, emphasised by his use of italics and capitalisation, has attracted generations of readers.
The species name is called the epithet of the species, and they are always printed in italics, by convention.
I have corrected a couple of typos and added a few comments of my own in square brackets and italics.

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