manual

[ManĀ·u*al]

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.

...

Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.

Noun
(military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle

Noun
a small handbook

Adjective
requiring human effort; "a manual transmission"

Adjective
of or relating to the hands; "manual dexterity"


a.
Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.

a.
A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.

a.
A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.

a.
A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).


Manual

Man"u*al , a. [OE. manuel, F. manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. m'81ndel a ward, vormund guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. Emancipate, Legerdemain, Maintain, Manage, Manner, Manur, Mound a hill.] Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual. "Manual and ocular examination." Tatham. Manual alphabet. See Dactylology. -- Manual exercise (Mil.) the exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms. -- Seal manual, the impression of a seal worn on the hand as a ring. -- Sign manual. See under Sign.

Manual

Man"u*al , n. [Cf. F. manuel, LL. manuale. See Manual, a.] 1. A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.
This manual of laws, styled the Confessor's Laws.
2. (Mus.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys. Moore (Encyc. of Music). 3. (Mil.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).

Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.

A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.

...

Usage Examples

Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur.

I love weird or funny or beautiful sentences Joy Williams could write a microwave-oven manual and I'm sure I'd love it, because the sentences would be tuned up like music.

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at.

Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination.

Misspelled Form

manual, nmanual, jmanual, kmanual, ,manual, manual, nanual, janual, kanual, ,anual, anual, mnanual, mjanual, mkanual, m,anual, m anual, mqanual, mwanual, msanual, mzanual, mqnual, mwnual, msnual, mznual, maqnual, mawnual, masnual, maznual, mabnual, mahnual, majnual, mamnual, ma nual, mabual, mahual, majual, mamual, ma ual, manbual, manhual, manjual, manmual, man ual, manyual, man7ual, man8ual, maniual, manjual, manyal, man7al, man8al, manial, manjal, manuyal, manu7al, manu8al, manuial, manujal, manuqal, manuwal, manusal, manuzal, manuql, manuwl, manusl, manuzl, manuaql, manuawl, manuasl, manuazl, manuakl, manuaol, manuapl, manua:l, manuak, manuao, manuap, manua:, manualk, manualo, manualp, manual:.

Other Usage Examples

And what we've lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things you can do.

I am on the power toothbrush train and I'm asking people to try to using an Oral B power toothbrush. I just started using one and I cannot believe that I waited this long to use a power toothbrush. It's so much easier than using a manual toothbrush.

I have a Ph.D. in cell biology. And that's really manual labor. I mean, experimental science, you do it with your hands. So it's very different. You're out there in a lab, cleaning test tubes, and it just wasn't that fascinating.

There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.

Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.

Comments


Browse Dictionary