From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishby handby handa) done or made by a person rather than a machine We had to wash our clothes by hand. b) delivered by someone personally, rather than being sent through the post, emailed etc → hand
Examples from the Corpus
by hand• The letter had been delivered by hand, and was addressed to Mrs Zippie Isaacs.• They delivered their wedding invitations by hand.• The rug was made by hand. 