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

Like previous seasons, season four of Mythic Quest will include 10 episodes, all streaming exclusively on Apple's streaming service. —John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025

The 16-piece capsule collection will be available exclusively on Moda Operandi’s and Posse’s websites starting Tuesday. —Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025

First Ascent Biomedical, a personalized oncology drug prediction platform, raised $6 million to accelerate lab openings, CEO Jim Foote, tells Axios exclusively. —Aaron Weitzman, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025

Now, Thomas tells PEOPLE exclusively exactly how the legen-wait for it-dary phenomenon came to be and the importance of Dr. Paul Grossfeld's ongoing research. —Dory Jackson, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above