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 of exclusively

• solely
• only
• purely
• just
• simply

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

Leone, a furniture executive, flies exclusively on semi-private planes operated by JSX. —Pat Maio, Oc Register, 2 May 2026

By moving the film to February, Netflix gives it a wider berth exclusively in IMAX and also a slightly longer theatrical window. —Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 May 2026

The cross-firing right-hander exclusively threw sinkers to Stott, and while the first eight were outside, his ninth and final one ended up right over the middle of the plate. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 1 May 2026

Here Hathaway plays a young woman left at home while her Mormon fiancé is on a mission in Tonga and is seen almost exclusively through letters. —Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for exclusively

• unobtrusively
• conclusively
• effusively
• inclusively