Lewis Short
(adverb) : mănĭpŭlātim, id..
* By handfuls, in bundles, Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48.
* Milit., by maniples: manipulatim resistere hostibus, Sisenn. ap. Non. 141, 27: manipulatim structa acies,Liv. 8, 8; Tac. H. 1, 8, 2.—Comically: manipulatim munerigeruli facite mihi jam ante aedīs hic adsint,i. e. in troops,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 48.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary