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exemplarily

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ex⋅em⋅pla⋅ry

  [ig-zem-pluh-ree, eg-zuhm-pler-ee]
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–adjective
1. worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary conduct.
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. laudable, noteworthy, praiseworthy.
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ex·em·pla·ry   (ĭg-zěm'plə-rē)   
adj.  

  1. Worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary behavior.

  2. Serving as a model.

  3. Serving as an illustration; typical.

  4. Serving as a warning; admonitory.


[From Middle English 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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Word Origin & History

exemplary 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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