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

More than two million gotaways were reported by Border Patrol agents during the Biden administration, The Center Square exclusively reported. —Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 6 Dec. 2025

Advertisement And yet, hillbilly music developed an audience among both Black and white listeners, predominantly but not exclusively in the South. —Time, 6 Dec. 2025

This offer is available exclusively to new users in eligible states who meet the specified age requirements. —Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025

Entertainment Weekly exclusively speaks with the Drag Race season 18 cast of queens. —Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for exclusively

• unobtrusively
• conclusively
• effusively
• inclusively