manual
The definition of manual is something done by hand.
(adjective)An example of manual labor is work you physically do by yourself as opposed to with the use of a machine.
Manual is defined as a guidebook that tells you how to operate something or do something.
(noun)An example of manual is the book that comes with your DVD player that tells you how to hook it up and use it.
See manual in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- of or having to do with a hand or the hands
- made, done, worked, or used by the hands
- involving or doing hard physical work that requires use of the hands
- without electrical or other power: a manual typewriter
Origin: ME manuel < OFr < L manualis < manus, a hand < IE *mə-n-és (akin to *mṇtos > Gmc *mund- > ON & OE mund, a hand) < base < *mər-, *mən-, hand
noun
- a handy book of facts, instructions, etc. for use as a guide or reference; handbook
- any of the separate keyboards of an organ console or harpsichord
- prescribed drill in the handling of a weapon, esp. a riflealso manual of arms
Origin: ME manuele < ML manuale, manual, service book < LL, case or covering for a book < L manualis: see the adj.
Related Forms:
- manually adverb
See manual in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- a. Of or relating to the hands: manual skill.b. Done by, used by, or operated with the hands.c. Employing human rather than mechanical energy: manual labor.
- Of, relating to, or resembling a small reference book.
- A small reference book, especially one giving instructions.
- Music A keyboard, as of an organ or harpsichord, played with the hands.
- A machine operated by hand.
- Prescribed movements in the handling of a weapon, especially a rifle: the manual of arms.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French manuel
Origin: , from Latin manuālis
Origin: , from manus, hand; see manus
.Related Forms:
- manˈu·al·ly adverb
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