Meaning & use

manually

adverb·Academic

Done by hand or by a person directly, rather than automatically or by machine.

See it in a sentence

Since the scanner was broken, the clerk entered each item manually.

You can manually adjust the settings if the automatic mode doesn't work.

A note on using this word

Manually is most often contrasted with 'automatically,' emphasizing direct human effort or control.

Words with a similar meaning

by hand

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Words with an opposite meaning

automatically

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