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
Bryan CranstonWith richer soil than New England, the Middle Colonies devoted themselves more exclusively to agriculture.—Harold Underwood Faulkner et al.
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
Harry McCracken and Lev GrossmanExamples of exclusively in a Sentence
his best paintings are the ones that he did exclusively for the sheer pleasure they gave him
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Yes, a kid, barely nineteen years old, squarely a member of the next generation who had come of age in the midst of the pandemic, during which chess was almost exclusively a game of pixels on a screen.
—Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
One of them was Fran, who works in the fragrance industry and has exclusively worn Oud Satin Mood by Maison Francis Kurkdjian since 2023.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 6 Apr. 2026
The 104-year-old assembly plant in Munich, in Bavaria, Germany, which is also the company’s oldest in the world, will become the first existing BMW site to produce exclusively all-electric vehicles by 2027.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
This was in contrast with religions that argued their doctrine exclusively expressed the truth.
—Derek Arnold, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
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Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
One of them was Fran, who works in the fragrance industry and has exclusively worn Oud Satin Mood by Maison Francis Kurkdjian since 2023.
—Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 6 Apr. 2026
The 104-year-old assembly plant in Munich, in Bavaria, Germany, which is also the company’s oldest in the world, will become the first existing BMW site to produce exclusively all-electric vehicles by 2027.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
This was in contrast with religions that argued their doctrine exclusively expressed the truth.
—Derek Arnold, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for exclusively
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“Exclusively.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclusively. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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