Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With the exclusion of all others; without admission of others to participation.
- With the exclusion of the part or parts (one or both extremes of some series, as in an account or number) mentioned; not admitting or reckoning these parts; not inclusively.
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- adverb focus to the
exclusion ofanything oranyone else ;solely orentirely
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- adverb without any others being included or involved
Etymologies
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Examples
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The same learned authority, from whose lucid and fascinating pages we enjoyed the first glimmerings of the 'gladsome light of jurisprudence,' says (vol.i. p. 264): 'The command and application of the public force, to execute the law, maintain peace, and resist foreign invasion, are powers so exclusively of an executive nature, and require the exercise of powers so characteristical of this department, that they have always been _exclusively_ appropriated to it in every well-organized government upon earth.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Plus, just as many girls receive this name as boys—a potential negative if you want a name exclusively associated with boys.
5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008
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Plus, just as many girls receive this name as boys—a potential negative if you want a name exclusively associated with boys.
5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008
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It is the first book that uses the term exclusively, instead of a rare minority descriptor of traditional creation/design arguments.
Chronicle of Higher Education: Letters on ID - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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I'm not willing to argue about which church is right about that, but no church's article can claim the title exclusively without making it clear that it's not the only church whose faithful think so.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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I'm not willing to argue about which church is right about that, but no church's article can claim the title exclusively without making it clear that it's not the only church whose faithful think so.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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I'm not willing to argue about which church is right about that, but no church's article can claim the title exclusively without making it clear that it's not the only church whose faithful think so.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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I'm not willing to argue about which church is right about that, but no church's article can claim the title exclusively without making it clear that it's not the only church whose faithful think so.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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I'm not willing to argue about which church is right about that, but no church's article can claim the title exclusively without making it clear that it's not the only church whose faithful think so.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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I'm not willing to argue about which church is right about that, but no church's article can claim the title exclusively without making it clear that it's not the only church whose faithful think so.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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