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

That means casting letters in a lead alloy and sewing pages together with thread, sometimes by hand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Some indoor farms do not have bees, and growers pay workers to pollinate flowers by hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

After moving heavy boxes of metal tools and parts by hand between cargo pallets, he strolls over, steps into the box, sits down and smiles, running his fingers through his hair like in the shower.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Roughly 400 years ago, a member of the Indigenous Potano-Timucua tribe shaped a small clay vessel by hand.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

There was no reason to think that they wouldn’t continue to poach more tasks that were currently completed by hand.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly