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

In a recent Colorado example, a major municipality’s website returned 404 errors on crucial budget documents at the very time officials were asking voters to approve publishing notices exclusively on its website. —Tim Regan-Porter, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026

Scottish artist Tansy Lee Moir, who was treated for congenital cataracts as a child in the 1970s, draws exclusively in monochrome. —Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026

Note that more than 85% of breastfeeding parents stop nursing exclusively by the time their baby is 6 months old, which means that most of us end up spending hundreds of dollars on formula at some point. —Deborah Skolnik, Parents, 1 Mar. 2026

EPiC opened exclusively on 325 Imax screens last weekend. —Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for exclusively

• unobtrusively
• conclusively
• effusively
• inclusively