manual
/ˈmanjʊ(ə)l
/- They are the only primates in the world that subsist on grass, and they have the greatest manual dexterity of any monkey on earth.
- And he did so with an enviable manual dexterity driven by a witty, incisive mind.
- Loss of abilities related to manual dexterity may affect work performance and may threaten or end essential career options.
Synonyms
- An exquisite piece of workmanship, it is operated by a manual lever and recreates the sounds of the harp, harmonica and piccolo.
- It can change gear manually in fractions of a second whether using the manual gear lever or F1-style paddles on the steering wheel.
- If you get tired of the automatic, you can switch over to a motor-racing derived manual system operated by paddles located behind the steering wheel.
- In summer, many manual laborers take their tops off because they get sweaty, or like to saunter along the sidewalks topless.
- These manual laborers, long accustomed to toiling in the fields, are good workers.
- Some work as manual laborers while others work as farmers, especially when the fishing is bad.
- Workers should also read the instruction manuals for computer terminals and be familiar with their operation, he said.
- The book is an instruction manual for merchants in how to calculate profit and loss.
- Legal and economic literature is arranged next to history books and computer manuals.
Synonyms
- Both performed well although, as usual, the manual felt the most responsive while the kickdown on the auto lacked punch.
- After I got the hang of the gearshift it was easier than a manual.
- The ostinato in the manuals is also regular, until it moves at the end of bar 27.
- The BX - 3 has dual manuals with 61 keys each, full polyphony and a very natural feel.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French manuel, from (and later assimilated to) Latin manualis, from manus 'hand'.
manage from mid 16th century:
Managers now manage businesses, but the first things to be managed were horses. The earliest sense of manage in English was ‘to handle or train a horse’, or put it through the exercises of the manège (mid 17th century). This French word, used in English to mean ‘an area in which horses and riders are trained’ and ‘horsemanship’, is at root the same word as manage—both go back through Italian to Latin manus ‘hand’, the source also of manacles (Middle English) which restrain your hands; manicure (late 19th century) care of your hands; manipulate (early 19th century) to handle something; manner; manoeuvre; manual (Late Middle English) either done with your hands or a handbook; and manuscript (late 16th century) something written by hand.