manual exercise
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: manual exercise.
Example Sentences
- "A little clump of soldiers stood upon the poop going through the manual exercise, and it was from them that the call had come which had sounded so unexpectedly in the ears of the castaways."
- "The officers of the Voulnteers will do their utmost to assist the naval officers to preserve discipline. They may, if they think fit, set an example to their men by taking an active part in all the duties and manual exercises. They may fall in at quarters, and take any number at the gun. In short, they may become, as much as they please, active working seamen and efficient practical gunners."
Inflected Forms
manual exercises (plural)