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manually.

By hand.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈmænj(ʊ)əli/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmænj(u)əliː/General-American
  1. By hand.

    not-comparable
    stimulate someone manually
    manually operated machine
  2. Using a human, as opposed to a computer.

    not-comparable
    The student manually corrected several errors missed by the spell checker.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English manual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English manually From manual + -ly.

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