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adjective

manual

CEFR B2

of or relating to the hands

In a sentence

Six example sentences with manual, each labelled with its topic.

  • Printmaking remains a manual craft, and a good pull depends on how evenly the artist works the roller.

    Art

  • The therapist begins with manual work on the shoulder, feeling for knots before any machine is switched on.

    Medicine

  • Kneading dough for an hour is manual labor, and bakers say their forearms ache long before the loaf rises.

    Cooking

  • Playing the organ demands manual independence, since each hand works a different keyboard while the feet cover the bass.

    Music

  • Robots place most components, but the final manual step still has a technician seating the ribbon cable by hand.

    Technology

  • Medieval guilds ranked manual trades below scholarship, though a master mason's hands earned more than a clerk's pen.

    History

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