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

Levy would soon leave Columbia to work with Spielberg exclusively at Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Studios. —Jack Dunn, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025

Levy soon left Columbia to work exclusively alongside Spielberg, first at Amblin Entertainment and later at DreamWorks Studios. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025

Haney spent 150 days a year on the road working exclusively with Woods. —Ed Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025

An additional benefit for business users is that these models are exclusively trained on content that Adobe owns the rights to, heading off any potential future problems that might pop up around IP use. —Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for exclusively

• unobtrusively
• conclusively
• effusively
• inclusively