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

Directly below the video panel are buttons for taking a snapshot, manually recording a video clip, muting the speaker, and placing a voice call to the doorbell. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026

The companies are working to make satellite connectivity function as an extension of existing mobile networks rather than a separate service that users must manually activate. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

Someone with unauthorized access could potentially misuse that feature or simply respond manually while impersonating the account owner. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Printing a newspaper required workers to painstakingly place individual letters on a metal plate and manually pull a crank to print individual copies of each and every page. — Aaron Glantz, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for manually

• annually