exclusively

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishexclusyvely;equivalent toexclusive+‎-ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Hyphenation:ex‧clu‧sive‧ly

Adverb

exclusively(comparativemoreexclusively,superlativemostexclusively)

1. (focus)to theexclusionofanythingoranyoneelse;solelyorentirely

   These new shoes are madeexclusivelyout of recycled cardboard.

   • 1952February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, inRailway Magazine,page78:

     Every photographer of experience has his own theories and methods of working, but for the last 14 years I have used a Leicaexclusively,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.

Synonyms

• See:Thesaurus:solely

Translations

to the exclusion of anything or anyone else

• Afrikaans:uitsluitend,eksklusief
• Armenian:բացառապես(hy)(bacʻaṙapes)
• Belarusian:выклю́чна(vykljúčna)
• Catalan:exclusivament(ca)
• Danish:udelukkende
• Dutch:uitsluitend(nl),exclusief(nl)
• Esperanto:ekskluzive
• Finnish:yksinoikeudella
• French:exclusivement(fr),uniquement(fr)
• Galician:exclusivamente
• German:ausschließlich(de),exklusiv(de),allein(de),alleinig(de)
• Greek:αποκλειστικά(el)(apokleistiká)
• Hungarian:kizárólag(hu)
• Ido:exkluzive(io)
• Italian:esclusivamente(it),unicamente(it)
• Polish:wyłącznie(pl)
• Portuguese:exclusivamente(pt)
• Russian:исключи́тельно(ru)(isključítelʹno)
• Spanish:exclusivamente(es)
• Swedish:uteslutande(sv)
• Ukrainian:ви́ключно(výključno)
• Vietnamese:duy nhất(vi)