manual

Definitions

Relating to or done with the hands.

A book of instructions or information.

Operated or controlled by human effort rather than by an automatic mechanism.

Examples

Please read the instruction manual before attempting to assemble the furniture.

The car is equipped with a manual transmission, which some drivers prefer for better control.

Synonyms

hand-operated physical non-automatic handcrafted laborious human hand-held

Antonyms

automatic automated mechanical robotic computerized machine-driven effortless