Manually
adv
adv ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 By hand. not-comparable
"stimulate someone manually"
- 2 Using a human, as opposed to a computer. not-comparable
"The student manually corrected several errors missed by the spell checker."
Adverb
- 1 by hand wordnet
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More examples"By 1969 the debate over virtual memory for commercial computers was over. An IBM research team led by David Sayre showed that their virtual memory overlay system consistently worked better than the best manually controlled systems."
Etymology
From manual + -ly.
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