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

Like the TinyTan toys, they will be sold exclusively with Happy Meals. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

The purpose of higher education cannot be reduced exclusively to workforce preparation. — Jason Benedict, Fortune, 7 July 2026

There are also tunics and airy sweaters crocheted with feathery mulberry silk—a type spun by silkworms fed exclusively on white mulberry leaves, considered the highest-quality in the world. — Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

In what should be a surprise to no one, the toddler who learned to hold completely still for regular, two-hour MRIs grew up to be a rather disembodied woman who lives almost exclusively in her brain. — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 7 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for exclusively

• unobtrusively
• conclusively
• inclusively