manual
/ˈmæn.j(u)əl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.32 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
adj
Performed by a human rather than a machine.
Example Sentences
- "The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?"
- "She gave a wild manual brush to her locks."
- "They will be alternately manual workers and officials, so that nobody will become a bureaucrat. Given the simplicity of administration, equality of pay, and the election and removability of public officers, there will be no risk of the formation of a parasitic caste of bureaucrats alienated from society."
- "The teacher urged the students to do a manual check, because some errors aren't picked up by the spell checker."
- "Tom's transmission shop can fix both manuals and automatics."
- "I'm not used to automatics; I've always driven manuals."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmæn.j(u)əl/
- British English: /ˈmæn.j(ʊ)əl/
Usage
Inflected Forms
manuals (plural)
manuall (alternative, obsolete)
more manual (comparative)
most manual (superlative)