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

The cyberattack, which manually overrode the temperatures at fridges in supermarket groups including Carrefour, Monoprix, Intermarche and Cooperative U, appears to have been easy to pull off, three cyber experts told Reuters. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026

And, with fewer requests to handle manually, front-desk staff can give their full attention to the guests in front of them. — Amanda McGuckin Hager, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Officers will review each case manually to ensure a true violation occurred. — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

The main idea of the company is to automate parts of these missions so personnel can concentrate on operational decisions rather than manually managing every aspect of a drone’s flight or sensor operation. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for manually

• annually