manually

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈmænj(ʊ)əli/
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/ˈmænj(ʊ)əli/ · /ˈmænj(u)əliː/

Definition of manually

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)By hand.
    “stimulate someone manually”
    “manually operated machine”
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adv

  1. (not-comparable)By hand.
    “stimulate someone manually”
    “manually operated machine”
  2. (not-comparable)Using a human, as opposed to a computer.
    “The student manually corrected several errors missed by the spell checker.”
    “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.”
    “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.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From manual + -ly.

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