manually

English

Etymology

    From manual + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmænj(ʊ)əli/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmænj(u)əliː/

    Adverb

    manually (not comparable)

    1. By hand.
      stimulate someone manually
      manually operated machine
    2. Using a human, as opposed to a computer.
      The student manually corrected several errors missed by the spell checker.
      • 2022 December 30, Gregory Wallace, “Insiders at Southwest reveal how the airline’s service imploded”, in CNN‎[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 18 July 2025:
        They and the airline itself described an internal process that requires multiple departments to manually redesign the airline’s schedule – a system that works “the vast majority of the time,” Southwest said in a statement.
      • 2024 November 25, Sean Lyngaas, “Starbucks forced to pay its baristas manually because of a ransomware attack on third-party software”, in CNN‎[2], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 27 November 2024:
        Starbucks’ store leadership have advised their employees on how to work around the outage manually, and the company will make sure everyone gets paid for all hours worked, according to Starbucks spokesperson Jaci Anderson.

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