Definitions for manual

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manual man·u·al

Spelling: [man-yoo-uh l]

IPA: /ˈmæn yu əl/

Manual is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in manual (aalmnu).

Definitions for manual

noun

1. a small book, especially one giving information or instructions:
2. a nonelectric or nonelectronic typewriter; a typewriter whose keys and carriage may be powered solely by the typist's hands.
3. Military. the prescribed drill in handling a rifle:
4. Music. a keyboard, especially one of several belonging to a pipe organ.
5. Automotive. manual transmission.

adjective

1. done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device:
2. involving or using human effort, skill, power, energy, etc.; physical:
3. of or relating to the hand or hands:
4. of the nature of a manual or handbook:

Origin of manual

1375-1425; Latin manuālis (adj.), manuāle (noun) (something) that can be held in the hand (manu(s) hand + -ālis, -āle -al¹, -al^2<

Examples for manual

In Life a User's manual, Perec uses excess to slip the bounds of realism.

One of the core principles of my system of productivity, Less Doing, is something I call “Creating the manual of You.”

Thus he was more inclined for manual toil like that of Thomas.

The windlasses that lift the bridge are actuated by manual power.

For instance, they rendered it impossible for him to do any manual work.

He still had the old Remington manual typewriter on which he punched out Run to Daylight!

Now and then, a postcard would arrive with a curt message, typed on a manual typewriter.

They had the manual arts and crafts of the industrial North.

Well-educated gentlemen are not ashamed of manual labour in France.

Police said they seized several recording devices, including two hidden-camera clocks and a manual for a hidden-camera fan.