Excludably

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a manner capable of preventing entry or participation; in a way that permits barring someone or something from inclusion; acting so as to restrict access or involvement
2. Showing the quality of being able to deny admission or membership; demonstrating the ability to keep out or omit; carrying out exclusion or restriction effectively
3. Pertaining to or functioning as a means to exclude; exhibiting the characteristic of barring entry or participation; done with the purpose of limiting inclusion or access

Etymology: "Excludably" is built from "exclude" plus the suffix "-ably," which forms adjectives meaning "capable of being" the action named by the base verb. Its adverb form here is "excludably," so it would describe doing something in a way that is able to keep things out. The verb "exclude" comes from the Latin "excludere," meaning "to shut out," formed from "ex-" ("out") and "claudere" ("to close"), the same root that gives English "close," "include," and "clause." The suffix "-able" arrived in English through Old French from Latin "-abilis," and English writers attached it freely to verbs from the medieval period onward. Because the suffix is so productive, many formations like this appear in technical or legal writing without a dedicated dictionary entry, and their meaning can be worked out directly from the parts.

Synonyms: exclusively, solely

Antonyms: inclusively