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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The manually wound caliber with its twin barrel and two mainsprings provides a 72-hour power reserve.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Traders had to jump between platforms, reference PDFs, and patch together watchlists manually.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Bee's signature product is a $49.99 bracelet, and a corresponding Apple Watch app, designed to record all ambient audio unless the user manually activates a mute function.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
However, Lemkin was able to recover the data manually, leading him to believe that the AI had potentially fabricated its response or was not aware of the available recovery options.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 July 2025
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Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Traders had to jump between platforms, reference PDFs, and patch together watchlists manually.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Bee's signature product is a $49.99 bracelet, and a corresponding Apple Watch app, designed to record all ambient audio unless the user manually activates a mute function.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
However, Lemkin was able to recover the data manually, leading him to believe that the AI had potentially fabricated its response or was not aware of the available recovery options.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 July 2025
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“Manually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manually. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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