Examples of “manual” in a Sentence

noun A book giving instructions on how to use or operate something.

• He checked the manual before trying to fix the printer.
• The car came with a thick owner's manual.
• The washing machine manual explains what each of the programs does.

adj Done with the hands, or operated by a person rather than a machine.

• The job requires manual labor in all weather.
• She prefers a manual transmission to an automatic one.
• Digging the trench by hand was slow, tiring manual work.