manual

Meanings

Noun

• A handbook.
• A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
• A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
• An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
• A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
• A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.
• Manual control or operation.

Adjective

• Performed with the hands.
• Operated by means of the hands.
• Performed by a human rather than a machine.

Related

Similar words

• enchiridion
• handbook
• handly
• stick shift / stick
• standard transmission / standard

Opposite words

• automatic

Origin

• From Middle English manuel, from Old French manuel, from Late Latin manuāle ("handbook, manual").
• From Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus.