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man·u·al

(măn′yo͞o-əl)

adj.

a. Of or relating to the hands: manual skill.

b. Done by, used by, or operated with the hands.

c. Employing human rather than mechanical energy: manual labor.

2. Of, relating to, or resembling a small reference book.

1. A small reference book, especially one giving instructions.

2. Music A keyboard, as of an organ or harpsichord, played with the hands.

3. A machine operated by hand.

a. A manual transmission.

b. A vehicle having a manual transmission.

5. Prescribed movements in the handling of a weapon, especially a rifle: the manual of arms.

6. A maneuver in certain board sports, such as skateboarding, in which all of the board except one end is lifted off the ground, especially when the tip of the board is kept from making contact with the ground.

[Middle English, from Old French manuel, from Latin manuālis, from manus, hand; see manus.]

man′u·al·ly adv.

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Adv.

manually - by hand; "this car shifts manually"

Translations

يَدَوياً

ručně

manueltmed håndkraft

manuellement

kézzel

handvirkt, í höndunum

a mano

ročno

elle

用手地

manually

[ˈmænjʊəlɪ] ADV → manualmente, a mano

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

manually

[ˈmænjuəli] adv [operate] → manuellementmanual worker n → travailleur m manuel

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

manually

adv → von Hand, manuell; manually operated → handbetrieben; manually controlled → handgesteuert

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

manually

[ˈmænjʊəlɪ] adv → manualmente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

manual

(ˈmӕnjuəl) adjective

1. of the hand or hands. manual skills/labour.

2. working with the hands. a manual worker.

3. worked or operated by the hand. a car with a manual gearbox.

noun

1. a handbook eg of technical information about a machine etc. an instruction manual.

2. a keyboard of an organ etc.

ˈmanually adverb

by hand. You have to operate this sewing-machine manually – it is not electric.

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Our books are manually the work of printers and papermakers; you may cut an author's hand off and he is as good an author as before.

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MULTAN -- Deputy commissioner Mudassir Riaz Malik, in line with instructions from Punjab government, has issued order for the cancellation of all weapons licenses which were issued manually and were not revalidated/computerized till December 31, 2018.

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MULTAN: Deputy commissioner Mudassir Riaz Malik, in line with instructions from Punjab government, has issued order for the cancellation of all weapons licenses which were issued manually and were not revalidated/computerized till December 31, 2018.

Manually issued weapons licenses cancelled

The Land Registration Authority (LRA) and the Registry of Deeds (RoD) issued a notice on the deadline of the digitization and scanning of all manually issued certificates of titles on Sept.

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However, the county government in conjunction with FAO has employed fifty youth to manually kill the army worms.

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This manually operated tool is quick and easy to use.

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In a statement, Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes said that the figures regarding the transmission of election returns released by Comelec are inaccurate as these do not reflect the returns manually uploaded at the city or municipal canvassing levels.

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Not often is a woman associated with the job of a train driver, but Mariam, who also has the distinction of being the first Emirati woman to drive the Dubai Metro train manually, begs to differ.