An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
MANUALLY
manually
(adverb) by hand; “this car shifts manually”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
manually (not comparable)
by hand
Source: Wiktionary
Man"u*al*ly, adv.
Definition: By hand.
MANUAL
Man"u*al, a. Etym: [OE. manuel, F. manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. mündel a ward, vormund guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. Emancipate, Legerdemain, Maintain, Manage, Manner, Manur, Mound a hill.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual. "Manual and ocular examination." Tatham. Manual alphabet. See Dactylology.
– Manual exercise (Mil.) the exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms.
– Seal manual, the impression of a seal worn on the hand as a ring.
– Sign manual. See under Sign.
Man"u*al, n. Etym: [Cf. F. manuel, LL. manuale. See Manual, a.]
1. A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church. This manual of laws, styled the Confessor's Laws. Sir M. Hale.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
3. (Mil.)
Definition: A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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