manual

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, male) : a rare spelling variant of Manuel, sometimes considered erratic.
  2. Noun.  Handbook.
  3. Noun.  A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine.
  4. Noun.  (music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
  5. Noun.  A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
  6. Noun.  (context, by syndoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
  7. Adjective.  Performed with the hands (of an activity).
  8. Adjective.  Operated by means of the hands (of a machine, device etc.).

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