manually
adverb
ma·nu·al·ly
ˈman-yə-wə-lē 
-yə-lē,
-yü-ə-lē
: by hand and not by machine : by manual methods
We have to enter the data manually.
Each winch drum is attached to gears which are turned manually by a large wheel mounted on the inboard side.—
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With both Skylo and Apple’s satellite services, getting started isn’t exactly seamless—you’ll need to manually activate the feature, and a persistent pop-up will guide you to aim your phone toward the satellite.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Some new routers update automatically, but many require you to log in and install patches manually.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
While some vacuums notify you when there’s a clog, manually check after each deep clean by removing the brush roll to make sure nothing is jammed behind it.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
To train Voyager, researchers developed software that automatically analyzes existing videos to process camera movements and calculate depth for every frame—eliminating the need for humans to manually label thousands of hours of footage.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
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PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Some new routers update automatically, but many require you to log in and install patches manually.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
While some vacuums notify you when there’s a clog, manually check after each deep clean by removing the brush roll to make sure nothing is jammed behind it.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
To train Voyager, researchers developed software that automatically analyzes existing videos to process camera movements and calculate depth for every frame—eliminating the need for humans to manually label thousands of hours of footage.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Manually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manually. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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