by hand

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by hand

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idiomatic Manually; without the use of automation or machines. The computers went down and they had to do all the bookkeeping by hand that day.
of raising a child Without suckling it. to bring up an infant by hand

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prep_phrase manually

Español	a mano
Português	à mão, manualmente
Français	à la main
Italiano	a mano, manualmente
Русский	вручну́ю vručnúju

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"by hand." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/by%20hand. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{by_hand_2026,
  title = {by hand},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/by%20hand},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}