manual

Examples

• All

• Working on a farm involves a lot of manual labor, including planting and harvesting crops.

• Like some insane captain lashing himself to the wheel, Isaah took manual control of the ship.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Now you mentioned doing that manual work and and working with people.

• So why would you not go with the more manual engineering approach?

• How much time and manual effort went into making that watch?

• So I can tell it that I want manual control of this left front leg.

• This is significantly easier than the manual process, right?

• Even his body seemed designed for manual labor with its broad chest and powerful shoulders.

  Fiction book (1999)

• These hands haven't experienced much manual labor, have they?

  Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)

• The software also provides for manual control of the machine in a jog mode.

  Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

H

hand-operated

vsmanual

1 3.7

You control it by hand rather than by electricity

is about actions done by people and involving physical work rather than device control

N

non-automatic

vsmanual

4.9

Needing a person to operate it by hand

is about actions done personally and involving physical effort rather than only intervention

N

non-automated

vsmanual

4.9

Done by people instead of machines

is about tasks done by people and involving physical work rather than only oversight

Antonyms

A

automatic

195 3.4

Works by itself with little or no human control

M

mechanical

39 3.9

Moving or acting like a machine without feeling

Compounds

M

manual labor

• US

18 3.3

Work done with your hands or body rather than by machines

I

instruction manual

14 2.9

A small book that tells you how to set up and use a product

M

manual laborer

• US

1 3.0

A person who does hard work using their hands

M

manual dexterity

1 4.9

Skill in using the hands to do small, careful movements

M

manual alphabet

1 6.0

Hand signs for each letter used to spell words, often by deaf people

R

reference manual

• Specialized

1 3.7

A book or document that gives clear facts and instructions for quick checking

S

sex manual

• NSFW

1 5.6

A book that gives adults advice on how to be physically closer to a partner

M

manual of arms

• Jargon

9.6

A set of practiced moves for holding and presenting a rifle during military drills

S

sign manual

• UK

9.9

The written name of a king or queen on an official document showing personal approval

How Manual

handmade

255 2.9

hand-operated

1 3.7

manual

101 3.8

semiautomatic

23 5.5

automatic

195 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology