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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Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Ramp helps companies save time by automating processes that finance teams have traditionally had to do manually, such as review receipts, categorize expenses, and reconcile accounts.
—Ellen Sheng, CNBC, 19 May 2026
According to the lawsuit, Chaac managers previously manually input orders into DoorDash tablet software that processed delivery orders, as well as allow an operator to prevent Dashers with lower ratings from accepting orders.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 May 2026
AIOps has the last-mile problem, where SMEs interpret dashboards, tickets and alerts manually and cannot scale.
—Shailesh Manjrekar, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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“Manually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manually. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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