■ adjective
1》 excluding or not admitting other things.
↘unable to exist or be true if something else exists or is true: mutually ~ options.
↘(of terms) excluding all but what is specified.
2》 restricted to the person, group, or area concerned.
↘not published or broadcast elsewhere.
3》 high-class and expensive; select.
4》 ( ~ of ) not including.
■ noun an ~ story or broadcast.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
exclusivity noun
Origin
C15: from med. L. exclusivus , from L. excludere (see exclude ).