manuary adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •(no longer used) Manual; involving (skills using) the hands.manuary trades noun1 •(no longer used) An artificer, a craftsman.That there was a short go in his first draught seemes not very probable, for what likenesse is there betweene go and sed that his Manuary or printer should take the one for the other? — 1615 formsmanuaries