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adjective done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
involving or using human effort, skill, power, energy, etc.; physical: manual labor.
of or relating to the hand or hands: manual deformities.
of the nature of a manual or handbook: manual instructions.
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun a small book, especially one giving information or instructions: a manual of mathematical tables.
a nonelectric or nonelectronic typewriter; a typewriter whose keys and carriage may be powered solely by the typist's hands.
Military . the prescribed drill in handling a rifle: the manual of arms.
Music . a keyboard, especially one of several belonging to a pipe organ.
Automotive . manual transmission.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of manual 1375–1425; <Latin manuālis (adj.), manuāle (noun) (something) that can be held in the hand (manu (s ) hand + -ālis, -āle -al1 , -al2 ); replacing late Middle English manuel <Middle French <Latin, as above
OTHER WORDS FROM manual man·u·al·ly, adverb non·man·u·al, adjective non·man·u·al·ly, adverb un·man·u·al, adjective
un·man·u·al·ly, adverb
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Example sentences from the Web for manual Police said they seized several recording devices, including two hidden-camera clocks and a manual for a hidden-camera fan.
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He still had the old Remington manual typewriter on which he punched out Run to Daylight!
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In Life a User's Manual , Perec uses excess to slip the bounds of realism.
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Now and then, a postcard would arrive with a curt message, typed on a manual typewriter.
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These all work every other day at manual labor or some useful trade.
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For the first time in a generation human beings did manual labor such as unloading produce trucks.
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The conventional type of manual training—one period per week in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades—was not holding the pupils.
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In a little while the whole army was under drill; for a great part, made up of raw militia, scarcely knew the manual exercise.
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She had supplied herself betimes with a manual of etiquette, which she had studied with the assiduity of a diligent school-girl.
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British Dictionary definitions for manual adjective of or relating to a hand or hands
operated or done by hand manual controls
physical, as opposed to mental or mechanical manual labour
by human labour rather than automatic or computer-aided means
of, relating to, or resembling a manual
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun a book, esp of instructions or information a car manual
music one of the keyboards played by hand on an organ
military the prescribed drill with small arms
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Derived forms of manual manually , adverb Word Origin for manual C15: via Old French from Latin manuālis, from manus hand
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