exclusively

adverb

ex·​clu·​sive·​ly ik-ˈsklü-siv-lē 

-ziv-

: in an exclusive manner : in a way limited to a single person, group, category, method, etc.

an exclusively male/female clientele

I started working exclusively as an actor when I was 25 years old, and I had a good life.

—Bryan Cranston

With richer soil than New England, the Middle Colonies devoted themselves more exclusively to agriculture.

—Harold Underwood Faulkner et al.

"In some industries," says [Larry] Page, who spoke exclusively with TIME about the new venture, "it takes 10 or 20 years to go from an idea to something being real …"

—Harry McCracken and Lev Grossman

Synonyms

• alone
• just
• only
• purely
• simply
• solely

Examples of exclusively in a Sentence

his best paintings are the ones that he did exclusively for the sheer pleasure they gave him

Recent Examples on the Web

Moments after she was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Dec. 2, the Scandal alum, 47, exclusively told PEOPLE how her milestone achievement had long been one of her father Earl Washington's dreams. —Esther Kang, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024

The notion that press releases exist exclusively for garnering the media’s interest is a myth. —Michele Schiavoni, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024

Made exclusively with plant oils and natural essences, the three scents, Meadow Vision, Break Water, and Cathedral Grove are totally transportive and perfectly packable. —Annie Blackman, Allure, 2 Dec. 2024

The white amur fish, also known as the grass carp, are a unique type of fish that dines almost exclusively on aquatic vegetation. —John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above