Definition of: manual

(man′y·əl) adjective
1. Done, made, or used by the hand; of, relating to, or affecting the hand; manual employments.
2. Law Actually possessed; in one's own hands.
3. Resembling a manual; designed to be retained for reference: said of a book.
—noun
1. A compact volume; handbook of instruction or directions.
2. A keyboard, as of an organ.
3. A systematic exercise in the handling of some military weapon. [<OF manuel <L manualis <L manus hand]
—man′u·al·ly adverb