by hand

phrase

1

: with the hands or a hand-worked implement (such as a tool or pen) rather than with a machine

2

: from one individual directly to another

deliver the document by hand

Examples of by hand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the Casa, everything is crafted by hand and shopgoers can take their pick between varying heel heights and a rainbow of colors. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 17 July 2026

The researchers had to add in extra noise by hand, using a random-number generator, which cost energy. — Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026

Classification tasks like this would not be possible to conduct in a timely manner by hand and are well-suited to the capabilities of LLMs. — Anil Oza, STAT, 15 July 2026

According to Guzema, outside production partners were surprised to learn that the gold spheres used in the brand’s Orb pieces were formed by hand. — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for by hand

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand