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🕴️ Controlling or unfair 🤖 For handling things
manipulatory

manipulatory

7.8
Relating to moving and controlling things by hand or machine
  • adjective
  • /məˈnɪpjʊlətəri/
translation icon : manipulativo
  • Advanced robots often have manipulatory arms for precise tasks.

Examples

  • This is a manipulatory art piece.

  • The engineer designed a manipulatory device to assemble delicate components.

  • The surgeon used a manipulatory tool to perform the operation safely.

  • The manipulatory skills required for this task are quite advanced.

  • The robot's manipulatory arms can perform delicate tasks with precision.

  • Surgeons rely on manipulatory techniques to conduct minimally invasive procedures.

  • The artist used manipulatory tools to shape the clay into intricate designs.

Synonyms

manipulable
vsmanipulatory
1 7.4

Easy to change, control, or shape

relates to being fit for handling by hand or machines rather than ease alone
manipulatable
vsmanipulatory
6.8

Easy for someone to change or control

focuses on physical or mechanical suitability for handling not mere ease of control

How Manipulable

manipulable
1 7.4
adjustable
35 3.4
manipulatory
7.8
movable
13 2.5
operable
4 4.6
fixed
1.8

Surface Forms

manipulatory positive

Morphology

manipulatory = manipulate (transparent) = manipulate + ory

Adjectival formation from 'manipulate' indicating relating to or capable of manipulation (including manual or mechanical handling).

Etymology

Manipulatory comes from the Latin word manus, meaning 'hand', and is related to manipulate and manual, words for working with the hands. So a manipulatory tool or device is made to 'handle' or move things by hand or by machine.