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manually

/ˈmænjuːəli/MAN-yoo-uh-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈmænjuəli/MAN-yoo-uh-lee

Meaningby hand

Common meaning: by hand

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Journey through time

  1. Latinmanualis‘of the hand’source
  2. Frenchmanuelsource
  3. Englishmanual‘worked by hand’
  4. Englishformed in English from manualmanually‘by hand’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from manual + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MANUAL, p.352 · scan

Source words

  • manualis Latin · source word “of the hand”

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