exclusively

[ ik-skloo-siv-lee, -ziv- ]

adverb

1. solely; only; in a manner limited to what is designated:

   Upper-level foreign language courses are taught exclusively in the foreign language to help students develop higher levels of competency.

2. in a way that leaves out or shuts out all others:

   Here to talk with us exclusively in the studio this morning is the director whose film won four Oscars this year.

3. in a way that allows only wealthy or upper-class people to purchase or participate:

   Though exclusively priced—it’s not cheap—the resort offers many activities and doesn’t disappoint.

4. in a way that omits a certain thing from consideration or calculation:

   The number of days allowed for filing the report shall be reckoned exclusively of the day the event occurred.

Other Words From

• pre·ex·clu·sive·ly adverb
• sem·i-ex·clu·sive·ly adverb
• ul·tra·ex·clu·sive·ly adverb
• un·ex·clu·sive·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of exclusively¹

exclusive ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

And Bill used to exclusively play Van Morrison in his trailer when he wasn’t like on a golf buggy, which I don’t know where he got it from.

From Los Angeles Times

He told us that our information was “false” and that he ran “a business supplying exclusively civilian goods manufactured in Asian countries”.

From BBC

Ms Zhurenko told us: “Trading activities are carried out exclusively within the framework of the current legislation of Kyrgyzstan. The company does not violate any prohibitions. Any other information is false.”

From BBC

"Our findings indicate that the neurological effects of HEV may be due -- at least in part -- to a direct infection of the nerve cells and not exclusively to other mechanisms such as a reaction of the immune system, even if the latter could also play a role," outlines Eike Steinmann.

From Science Daily

This unexpected discovery challenges a longstanding belief that these genes evolved exclusively within animals.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• alone
• completely
• entirely
• only
• solely
• wholly