exclusively

adverb

ex·​clu·​sive·​ly ik-ˈsklü-siv-lē How to pronounce exclusively (audio)
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: 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

Examples of exclusively in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As happened with the first, the second season will be exclusively released on Prime Video and Catalan streaming service 3Cat, scheduled for this year. Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024 How to Watch 2024 World Figure Skating Championships Online This year’s World Figure Skating Championships are streaming online exclusively on Peacock. Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024 In a new preview clip for the upcoming March 19 episode shared exclusively with Billboard, Chance the Rapper and Jimmy Fallon serve as celebrity partners for the two contestants. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024 Arrests like hers, as well as large mass raids, especially, but not exclusively, in areas predominantly inhabited by Crimean Tatar communities, have been common since 2014. Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024 The Washington Post reported last week that Musk had met with Trump last summer to discuss a purchase of Truth Social, the alt-right social media platform Trump owns and exclusively posts on. William Gavin, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024 Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor both exclusively shared PEOPLE at the premiere of their new Bravo showThe Valley how contentious moments led to their recent separation. Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024 Start your Hot Pod free trial now to continue reading This story is exclusively for subscribers of Hot Pod. Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2024 The city set aside $455 million over that 10-year period in the Retiree Protection Fund, which serves as a trust fund exclusively for pension payments and is intended to eliminate pressure on the budget. Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of exclusively was in 1650

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“Exclusively.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclusively. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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