manual — OET · Shobdo

manual

adjective

1 manual work:

done with one's hands, labouring, physical, blue-collar.

2 a manual typewriter:

hand-operated, hand, non-automatic.

▷antonyms automatic, mechanical.

noun

a training manual:

handbook, set of instructions, instructions, instruction book, guide, companion, reference book, ABC, guidebook;

Latin vade mecum;

informal bible;

rare enchiridion.

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