Topic: DAILY LIFE
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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | manuel, from Latin manualis, from manus 'hand' |
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man‧u‧al1
1HBH manual work involves using your hands or your physical strength rather than your mind [= blue-collar]
manual job/labour/worker etc low-paid manual jobs People in manual occupations have a lower life expectancy.
low-paid manual jobsPeople in manual occupations have a lower life expectancy.2TDTD operated or done by hand or without the help of electricity, computers etc [≠ automatic]: a manual typewriter a five-speed manual gearbox It would take too long to do a manual search of all the data.
a manual typewritera five-speed manual gearboxIt would take too long to do a manual search of all the data.3 relating to how well you use your hands to make or do things :
—manually adverb
