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exclusively, adv.|ɛkˈskluːsɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
†1. In an exclusive sense; by an exclusive mode of computation; with exclusion of the extreme points of a series. Obs. Cf. exclusive A. 4 b.
1597Morley Introd. Mus. 70 In reckoning your distances..you vnderstood mee exclusiuely, and I meant inclusiuely. 1656Cowley Davideis iii. (1669) 119 note, Some understand this gift exclusively, as to the Sword, Bow, and Girdle. 1661Boyle Spring of Air iii. ix. (1682) 74 All the Experiments from the 9 to the 17 exclusively our examiner leaving uncensured. 1679–88Secr. Serv. Money Chas. & Jas. (Camden) 146 Com'encing the 20th of September last exclusively, and ending the 14th Dec. instant inclusively. 1726Ayliffe Parerg. 152 The first Part lasts from the Date of the Citation to the..Contestation of Suit, exclusively. 1805East Reports V. 246 The word until..is used indifferently either inclusively or exclusively.
†2. To the exclusion of, without the participation of, the persons or things designated. Const. of, to. Obs.
1650Bp. Taylor Lib. Proph. App. to §18 (1817) 409 [In baptism] when water is taken exclusively to the Spirit, it is very true that it is not water that cleanses the soul. a1691Boyle (J.), To be esteemed, exclusively to all the rest, its inexistent elementary ingredients. 1725–6Broome Notes to Odyssey (J.), Ulysses addresses himself to the queen chiefly or primarily, but not exclusively of the king. 1748Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 389 These Criterions might establish the Genuineness of the Prophecies, exclusively of all other Evidences.
3. So as to exclude all except some particular object, subject, etc.; solely.
1650Cromwell Lett. 12 Sept., Are you troubled that Christ is preached? Is preaching so exclusively your function? 1794Paley Evid. (1825) II. 294 The power of life and death resided exclusively in the Roman governor. 1825McCulloch Pol. Econ. ii. ii. 153 We do not owe our fires exclusively to the miner, or exclusively to the coal merchant.
†4. In a spirit of exclusiveness. Obs. rare.
1814Jane Austen Mansf. Park (1851) 71 A set of men you condemn so exclusively. |