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

• alone
• just
• only
• purely
• simply
• solely

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

Despite having helped define the last 25 years of first-person shooters with the original Halo trilogy, Bungie has spent the last decade focusing exclusively on live-service games like Destiny. —Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025

The trailer premieres exclusively at usatoday.com, along with the first look at the movie's poster. —Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 2 May 2025

The slate of nominees have been announced for the 12th annual K-LOVE Fan Awards, Billboard can exclusively reveal. —Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 2 May 2025

Initially the products will exclusively be sold on their website in the US. —Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for exclusively

• unobtrusively
• conclusively
• effusively
• inclusively