0 done with the hands:
She tried to cure the pain in my knee by putting manual pressure on the joint.
He still works on an old manual typewriter.
750 manual workers will lose their jobs as a result of company cutbacks.
Computer-controlled robots are taking over manual jobs in many industries.
He was driving a manual car when he only had a licence for an automatic.
She has a Jeep with a 5-speed manual transmission.
Only 10 percent of the vehicles sold in Canada had a manual gearbox.
1 a book that gives you practical instructions on how to do something or how to use something, such as a machine:
a DIY manual
The computer comes with a 600-page instruction manual.
2 a vehicle in which the driver has to change the gears:
Can you drive a manual?
3 a keyboard, especially on an organ, designed to be played with the hands rather than the feet
5 a book that gives you practical instructions on how to do something or how to use something:
6 done or operated with the hands, and not using electricity, an electronic system, etc.:
manual process/system The computerized system that we introduced to replace our old manual system has brought significant advantages.
7 relating to physical work rather than mental work:
manual job/labour/work, etc. He had no qualifications and ended up doing various types of manual work.
It is men who have been hardest hit by the loss of permanent skilled and semi-skilled manual jobs.
The largely female workforce continues, in the main, to be treated as part-time, unskilled manual labour.
8 a book that gives you practical instructions on how to do something or how to use something such as a machine:
Read through the instruction manual before you start.
9 not being operated automatically:
The EU has issued guidelines on appropriate levels of pay for part-time manual workers.
She doesn't like doing manual work.
He has very good manual dexterity.
I can't drive a manual car because of my disability, but I'm fine with an automatic.
Various operation manuals used this configuration, which focuses on the manageability or governmentality of the rural population.
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