exclusively
/ɪksˈkluːsɪvli/iks-KLOO-siv-lee
/ɪksˈklusɪvli/iks-KLOO-siv-lee
Meaningin an exclusive way
Common meaning: only
Other meanings: solely
- exout
- clusto shut, closeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 350 · scan
- iveadjective ending: tending to
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘out’ + ‘to shut, close’ → exclusively
Journey through time
- Latinclaudō, clausī, clausum‘to shut, close’
- Englishexclusive‘shutting others out’
- Englishformed in English from exclusiveexclusively‘only’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from exclusive + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXCLUDE, p.198 · scan
Roots
- claudō, clausī, clausum Latin “to shut, close”
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