by hand

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]

Example Sentences

She's building a traditional Greenlandic sleigh by hand from wood, with a polar bear drawn on the front.

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Back then most people didn’t have washing machines, so Mama washed clothes by hand in a big green tub.

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"Manually annotating over 23,000 calls by hand is no small feat, and I have a team of interns to thank for helping with the analysis!" shares Parnell.

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If you need a recipe, print it or—gasp—take notes by hand.

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The aim is to convert years of research, if done by hand, into a simple job for a computer.

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