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manual

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1. manual - Noun

2. manual - Adjective

3. manual - Adjective Satellite

4. Manual - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.

A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.

A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.

A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual. Gloria Steinem

I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate. Marguerite Duras

Everything in this book may be wrong. The Savior's Manual. Richard Bach

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual. Terry Pratchett

Manual jokes are clown's jokes. French Proverb

Manual play, clown's play. Spanish Proverb

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