"by hand" meaning in English

See by hand in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-by hand.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) Manually; without the use of automation or machines. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-by_hand-en-prep_phrase-Msvpmh-z
  2. (of raising a child) Without suckling it. Categories (topical): Babies
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: met die hand (Afrikaans), a mà (Catalan), ručně (Czech), met de hand (Dutch), mane (Esperanto), käsin (Finnish), käsipelillä (Finnish), à la main (French), kézzel (Hungarian), af hendi (Icelandic), manuale (Ido), käsin (Ingrian), a mano (Italian), manualmente (Italian), manu [feminine] (Latin), ręcznie (Polish), à mão (Portuguese), manualmente (Portuguese), вручну́ю (vručnúju) (Russian), a mano (Spanish), för hand (Swedish), manuellt (Swedish), eliyle (Turkish)
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