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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Example Sentences

Though today each robot is made by hand, Musk has proposed manufacturing millions of robots a year.

From The Wall Street Journal

The dough is left to rise before being divided into balls and patted into shape by hand.

From BBC

Results of the election were tight and, due to the tumultuous nature of the processing system, around 15% of the tally sheets had to be counted by hand for the winner to be decided.

From BBC

Somewhere along the way, in the years that followed, I grew fond of writing by hand—writing my thoughts, planning my study schedule and slowing down enough to think.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mariah Calagione, like other Boston Beer employees, was asked this year to volunteer on the Utopias bottling line in Delaware, where each container was filled by hand.

From The Wall Street Journal