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

Tia Pol, the small and charming tapas bar in Chelsea, has been serving bites from various regions of Spain and an exclusively Spanish wine list since 2004. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026

All that goes through the rear wheels, directed that way exclusively by a six-speed manual transmission. — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2026

For better but pretty much exclusively worse — the defense was the story of Sunday. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026

Chicken Salad Chick was founded in 2008 by Stacy and Kevin Brown in Auburn, Alabama, and is the country’s only fast-casual restaurant dedicated exclusively to fresh chicken salad, according to its website. — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for exclusively

• unobtrusively
• conclusively
• inclusively