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manual[1,adjective] manual[2,noun] manual alphabet

Main Entry: ¹man·u·al
Pronunciation: 'man-y&-w&l, -y&l, -yü-&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English manuel, from Anglo-French, from Latin manualis, from manus hand; akin to Old English mund hand and perhaps to Greek marE hand
1 a : of, relating to, or involving the hands <manual dexterity> b : worked or done by hand and not by machine <a manual transmission> <manual computation> <manual indexing>
2 : requiring or using physical skill and energy <manual labor> <manual workers>
- man·u·al·ly adverb