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Antonyms for exclusive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ik-skloo-siv, -ziv
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsklu sɪv, -zɪv



Definition of exclusive

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "so as to exclude," from Medieval Latin exclusivus, from exclus-, past participle stem of excludere (see exclude).
  • Of monopolies, rights, franchises, etc., from 1760s; of social circles, clubs, etc., "unwilling to admit outsiders," from 1822. Related: Exclusively; exclusiveness.
  • adj unshared, restricted
Example sentences :
  • The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • This was conceived in the exclusive colonial policy of the time.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • This intelligence is exclusive; and I leave you and your readers to draw their own inferences from it.
  • Extract from : « The Mudfog and Other Sketches » by Charles Dickens
  • The home, cloistered off, exclusive, can hardly be said to exist.
  • Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos
  • If the former has not power complete and exclusive, he has none.
  • Extract from : « The Electoral Votes of 1876 » by David Dudley Field
  • The federal district is under the exclusive jurisdiction of congress.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • "I guess we have to be exclusive whether we want to or not," she replied.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • The exclusive lecture system is intolerable, and the same is true of the quiz.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • There is no worse method than that of exclusive lecturing by the instructor.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • She would be received in the most exclusive Courts of Europe.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham

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