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.

—Nancy Taylor Robson

Examples of manually in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, for connections to be established between agents and apps themselves (think about Google Drive or Slack as good examples of applications that an agent might want access to) users need to manually log in and consent to grant the agent access to each integration. —Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025

Known as the ram air turbine, it can also be manually activated. —Mika Gröndahl, New York Times, 28 June 2025

Commercial landscapers bring in small front-end loaders and dig it out manually. —Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025

Today, that process can take 10 minutes or more for humans to handle manually—and that figure may spike due to the NMFC changes. —Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 27 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for manually

• annually