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   manual

   /ˈmanjʊəl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or done with the hands: "manual dexterity" Similar done with one's handslabouringphysicalblue-collar
   • ▪ (of a device) operated or controlled by hand, rather than automatically or electronically: "a manual typewriter" Similar hand-operatedhandnon-automaticOpposite automaticmechanical
   • ▪ using or working with the hands: "a manual labourer" Similar hand-operatedhandnon-automaticOpposite automaticmechanical

   noun

   • 1. a book giving instructions or information: "a computer manual"
   • ▪ (in the Christian Church) a book of the forms to be used by priests in the administration of the sacraments. historical
   • 2. a vehicle with manual transmission.
   • 3. an organ keyboard played with the hands not the feet.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French manuel, from (and later assimilated to) Latin manualis, from manus ‘hand’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   Manual definition: done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device. See examples of MANUAL used in a sentence.

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   Something manual is operated by human hands. Before Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, picking cotton was a manual job. Nowadays, farmers might need to read a manual to know how to operate a cotton gin.

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