by feel
Definition of by feel
1 : by feeling with one's hands when one cannot see It was too dark too see anything, so she had to find the door knob by feel.
2 : by being guided by physical feelings, the senses, etc., instead of by rules or directions an athlete who plays by feel
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: to handle or touch in order to examine, test, or explore some quality
: to perceive by a physical sensation coming from discrete end organs (as of the skin or muscles)
: to undergo passive experience of
: sensation, feeling
: the sense of touch
: the quality of a thing as imparted through or as if through touch
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