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

• 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

As a junior, Bremner was used exclusively as a starter while once again upping his strikeout total. —Bodie De Silva, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025

Smith talks exclusively with PEOPLE about how the community rallied together to help make her grandson's birthday special. —Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 13 July 2025

Beyond The Villa Love Island: Beyond the Villa is exclusively streaming on Peacock. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported that the products, sold exclusively online on Amazon.com, posed hazards such as suffocation, entrapment and tip-over injuries. —MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for exclusively

• unobtrusively
• conclusively
• effusively
• inclusively