exclusively

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

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧clu‧sive‧ly

exclusively (comparative more exclusively, superlative most exclusively)

1. (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.

• See: Thesaurus:solely