Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exclusively

/ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: ex-clu-sive-ly
IPA: /ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely

Example Sentences

"These new shoes are made exclusively out of recycled cardboard."
"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."
"For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: exclusyvely

Inflected Forms

more exclusively (comparative) most exclusively (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonexclusively

Synonyms

See: Thesaurus:solely entirely solely alone only

Rhymes With

conclusively effusively

Questions

How do you pronounce exclusively?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/.
What does exclusively mean?: to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely
Where does exclusively come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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