by hand

Idioms  

1. With a hand or hands, manually (as opposed to a machine or some other means). For example, This letter was delivered by hand, or You can make these drawings by hand, but computer graphics are more efficient. [Mid-1500s]

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by hand

I recently wrote a piece asking whether I’m becoming obsolete, as a portfolio manager and a professor, since machines can now do so much of what I used to do by hand.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

They are then fitted and finished by hand.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Krispy Kreme now does 15 to 20 special runs of doughnuts a year, plus a collection for each season, with staff decorating them by hand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Others were frantically searching by hand for missing loved ones in the rubble, but also in hospitals and morgues.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Even tasks as simple as tying her boots he forbids her to do by hand.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern