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Vinony

manually

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmænj(ʊ)əli/ / /ˈmænj(u)əliː/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English manual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English manually From manual + -ly.

  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.”

    “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.”