EXCLUSIVELY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

exclusively

adverb

ik-ˈsklü-siv-lē

Definition of exclusively

as in solely

for nothing other than his best paintings are the ones that he did exclusively for the sheer pleasure they gave him

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Recent Examples of exclusively Early Bird pricing will be available exclusively to customers who subscribe on the East Oak website before pre-orders open. — New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2026 Conventional time-management advice, Schore argues, focuses almost exclusively on visible behaviors—meetings, email volume, scheduling techniques and collaboration practices. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Gullion believes, for instance, that the big, nutritious buds are always male; however, preliminary results of Michigan State University studies in Michigan’s Pigeon River country suggest that the biggest buds may not be exclusively male. — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 Relative standing matters, too—which means surrounding yourself exclusively with high-achieving peers can sometimes work against you. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exclusively

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Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said in May that his league was solely focused on a 24-team model.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
The ByteDance app, for example, is directing users of its former AI companion service to another of its apps which solely focuses on building personalized AI characters and stories.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of solely

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That uncertainty has only added to the anxiety for people who see the theater as an important part of growing up in Summit County.

— Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
The broader significance is that catalyst design may no longer have to focus only on composition, surface structure and reaction conditions.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

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The risk of job cuts becomes more real if health systems adopt AI purely as a cost-cutting lever rather than a capacity-expanding one.

— Mudit Garg, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
These accounts underscore ongoing efforts to improve access for small and mid‑sized importers, pushing back on narratives that the process is purely skewed toward corporate giants.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

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