What part of speech is manual?

"Manual" can be several parts of speech, depending on how it is used:

1. Adjective: Describes something done by hand or with the hands.

* Example: "The car has a manual transmission."

2. Noun: Refers to a book of instructions or a guide.

* Example: "I need to read the manual before using this new machine."

3. Verb: Means to operate something by hand.

* Example: "He manually adjusted the settings on the machine."

So, the part of speech for "manual" depends on its context in a sentence.