exclusively
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English exclusyvely; equivalent to exclusive + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: ex‧clu‧sive‧ly
Adverb
[edit]exclusively (comparative more exclusively, superlative most exclusively)
- (focus) to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely
- These new shoes are made exclusively out of recycled cardboard.
- 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:
- 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.
- 2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian:
- For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats.
Synonyms
[edit]- See: Thesaurus:solely
Translations
[edit]to the exclusion of anything or anyone else
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