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exclusively
[ ik-skloo-siv-lee, -ziv- ]
adverb
Upper-level foreign language courses are taught exclusively in the foreign language to help students develop higher levels of competency.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Word Forms
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Word History and Origins
Origin of exclusively1
Example Sentences
Speaking exclusively to the BBC as the polls were closing, Carney said he would only visit Washington when there was a "serious discussion to be had" that respected Canada's sovereignty.
The Supreme Court considered arguments on trans issues from the human rights campaign group Amnesty International, but not from exclusively trans activists.
Mammography is the only health examination carried out exclusively by female staff.
The encrypted phone network, developed in about 2016, was almost exclusively being used by criminals three years later.
In recent years, the program has dominated investigative journalism in prime time as its competitors “Dateline” on NBC and “20/20” on ABC have moved exclusively into telling true crime stories.
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