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exclusively en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English exclusyvely; equivalent to exclusive + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (focus) to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely
    • For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats. 2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian:
    • Every photographer of experience has his own theories and methods of working, but for the last 14 years I have used a Leica exclusively, and have found it best adapted to the somewhat exacting demands of railway photography, which is by no means an easy branch of the art. 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:
    • These new shoes are made exclusively out of recycled cardboard.

Forms

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more exclusively Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most exclusively Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

nonexclusively

Synonyms

See: Thesaurus:solely

Translations (31)

hy բացառապես (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · nl uitsluitend (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · de exklusiv (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · it unicamente (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · ca exclusivament (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · hu kizárólag (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · es exclusivamente (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · de allein (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · be выклю́чна (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · pt exclusivamente (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · ru исключи́тельно (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · fr exclusivement (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · io exkluzive (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · af uitsluitend (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · gl exclusivamente (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · sv uteslutande (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · pl wyłącznie (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · vi duy nhất (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · eo ekskluzive (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · de alleinig (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · uk ви́ключно (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · da udelukkende (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · ka ექსკლუზიურად (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · nl exclusief (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · af eksklusief (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · el αποκλειστικά (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · it esclusivamente (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · fi yksinoikeudella (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · fr uniquement (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · de ausschließlich (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else) · cmn 專門 /专门 (to the exclusion of anything or anyone else)