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by hand

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. by handadverb

    without the use of a machine

    "this dress is sewn by hand"

Wiktionary

  1. by handadverb

    Manually; without the use of automation or machines.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. by hand

    1. [common] Said of an operation (especially a repetitive, trivial, and/or tedious one) that ought to be performed automatically by the computer, but which a hacker instead has to step tediously through. “My mailer doesn't have a command to include the text of the message I'm replying to, so I have to do it by hand.” This does not necessarily mean the speaker has to retype a copy of the message; it might refer to, say, dropping into a subshell from the mailer, making a copy of one's mailbox file, reading that into an editor, locating the top and bottom of the message in question, deleting the rest of the file, inserting `>' characters on each line, writing the file, leaving the editor, returning to the mailer, reading the file in, and later remembering to delete the file. Compare eyeball search. 2. [common] By extension, writing code which does something in an explicit or low-level way for which a presupplied library routine ought to have been available. “This cretinous B-tree library doesn't supply a decent iterator, so I'm having to walk the trees by hand.”

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of by hand in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of by hand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of by hand in a Sentence

  1. Michael Senders:

    And all I could do was reach around and cover his face and the ball hit my hand and his head at the same time.

  2. Shannon Farrell:

    She has swabbed countless people at the clinic since, wondering if shes exposing herself to the virus. Like many of her colleagues working in the COVID-19 world, she takes every possible precaution ; she showers at work after her shift, trying to ensure that she doesnt expose her parents to anything. Her work clothes go immediately into the washing machine. I just feel like this is such an unknown, said Koplin, who plans to return to bobsled next fall assuming bobsled season happens. Theres so many uncertainties and Im like, I dont want to take any chances in the sense that Im dragging this super-contagious virus around my house. Bren Jensen can relate. Shes a COVID-19 survivor. Being a survivor is her specialty. She lost a leg in a lawn-mower accident as a child and went on to represent the U.S. in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Paralympics. She caught the virus, and a doctor that she shares an office with tested positive soon afterward. Theres no way of knowing how Bren Jensen got it or if she transmitted it to anyone else, but she was racked by guilt anyway. Ill be the first to admit that I was very skeptical, Bren Jensen said. Those first couple of weeks, I was even telling patients, Theres really not much to be concerned about unless you have underlying health issues or chronic lung disease. And then I came down with it and I realized how serious it was, because Im completely healthy and it took me down. She stayed down for three weeks, then returned to work. Her office has gone to whats called virtual visits, where patients are being seen remotely. Thats been a lifesaver just to keep everybody else calm, Bren Jensen said. Calmness is something Shannon Farrell has not found easily. Last week, she and another nurse held a mans hand as Shannon Farrell died, separated from Shannon Farrell family because of the threat of the virus. Easter dinner with her own family a couple days later was held outside, in a Wendys parking lot, social distancing practiced as they stood around their cars. The strangeness has been impossibly hard for Shannon Farrell to process. She knew as a high school junior, seven years ago, that this was her calling. But this may be beyond any worst-case scenario she envisioned. I helped to take care of my grandmother when she was sick with leukemia, and I remember liking that feeling of being helpful and making her feel more comfortable.

  3. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett:

    That still photo demonstrates without question that [Smith] had a gun in his hand, and I want our community to know that.

  4. Jonas Umland:

    I found it good that Mark said there was room for improvement. On the other hand, he didn't mention any specific measures Facebook would take, he came across very well, also at times spontaneous.

  5. The President:

    They disagree with The President because The President insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country.


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