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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There's also a button to manually remove all of your recordings.
—PC Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025
This past Sunday, YouTube TV began alerting subscribers about how to manually apply a one-time $20 credit to their account because of the Disney carriage dispute, a move to try to mitigate cancellations.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
While a vast majority of the requests included GPS coordinates, 27 records were manually geocoded using Google Maps based on the addresses provided in the data.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
Infostealer malware has been used historically to capture data entered into web fields manually and with autofill.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
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PC Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025
This past Sunday, YouTube TV began alerting subscribers about how to manually apply a one-time $20 credit to their account because of the Disney carriage dispute, a move to try to mitigate cancellations.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
While a vast majority of the requests included GPS coordinates, 27 records were manually geocoded using Google Maps based on the addresses provided in the data.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
Infostealer malware has been used historically to capture data entered into web fields manually and with autofill.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for manually
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“Manually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manually. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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