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2. serving as a warning: an exemplary penalty.
3. serving as an illustration or specimen; illustrative; typical: The sentences read are exemplary of the style of the essay as a whole.
4. serving as a model or pattern: The authoritative and exemplary text of the work is in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
5. of, pertaining to, or composed of exempla: the exemplary literature of the medieval period.
[Origin:
1400–50 for earlier sense “model, exemplar”;
1580–90 for def. 1 ; late ME (n.) < L
exemplāris. See exemplum , -ary ]
—Related forms ex·em·pla·ri·ly, adverb
ex·em·pla·ri·ness, ex·em·plar·i·ty, noun
—Synonyms 1 .
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Worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary behavior.
Serving as a model.
Serving as an illustration; typical.
Serving as a warning; admonitory.
exaumplarie, exemplere , an exemplar ; see exemplar ex'em·plar'i·ly (ěg'zəm-plâr'ə-lē) adv. , ex·em'pla·ri·ness , ex'em·plar'i·ty (ěg'zəm-plār'ĭ-tē) n.
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1589 (exemplar is attested from 1393), from M.Fr. exemplaire, from L. exemplaris "that serves as an example," from exemplum "example." Exemplify is from c.1430.
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Share This exemplary adjective 1. worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens" 2. being or serving as an illustration of a type; "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action exemplary of his conduct"; [syn: emblematic ] 3. serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory ]
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worth following as an example
Example:
His behaviour is always exemplary.
Arabic: مِثالي، قُدْوَه، نَموذَجي Chinese (Simplified): 可做模范的 Chinese (Traditional): 可做模範的 Czech: příkladný Danish: eksemplarisk Dutch: voorbeeldig Estonian: eeskujulik Finnish: esimerkillinen French: exemplaire German: vorbildlich Greek: παραδειγματικός Hungarian: példaszerű Icelandic: fyrirmyndar- Indonesian: teladan Italian: esemplare
Japanese: 模範的な Korean: 모범적인 Latvian: parauga- Lithuanian: pavyzdingas Norwegian: eksemplarisk, forbilledlig Polish: wzorowy, przykładny Portuguese (Brazil): exemplar Portuguese (Portugal): exemplar Romanian: exemplar Russian: образцовый Slovak: príkladný Slovenian: zgleden Spanish: ejemplar Swedish: exemplarisk, mönstergill Turkish: örnek (alınacak)
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Ex"am*pla*ry\, a. [From
Example , cf.
Exemplary .] Serving for example or pattern; exemplary. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Ex"em*pla*ry\, a. [L. exemplaris, fr. exemplar: cf. F. exemplaire. See
Exemplar .]
1. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.
[Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary. --Bacon.
2. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.
3. Illustrating as the proof of a thing. --Fuller.
Exemplary damages . (Law) See under
Damage .
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