[ig-zem-pluh-ree, eg-zuh
m-pler-ee] 
| 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. |