by hand

Speech parts

1. by hand - Adverb

2. by hand - Phrase

Meaning

without the use of a machine

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

manually bodily freehand hand-operated manipulatively digitately autonomously by oneself bare-handedly by feel operate by hand using one's hands with one's own two hands by physical touch by direct manipulation

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Antonyms

by machine mechanically industrially technologically techily robotically

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Examples

I happen to write by hand. I don't even type. John le Carré

Back in my day, I would probe by hand. Now you can get commercial software that does the job for you. Kevin Mitnick

Writers and artists build by hand little worlds that they hope might effect change in real minds, in the real world where stories are read. A story can make us cry and laugh, break our hearts, or make us angry enough to change the world. Grant Morrison

I don't like computers. I still like to do my drawings by hand. Dieter Rams

The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind. Scott Westerfeld

No stopping the force of a going wheel by hand. Irish Proverb

Words in the phrase

by hand

Close letter words and terms

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