exemplary
Plural: exemplaries
Adjective Satellite
- worthy of imitation
- "exemplary behavior"
- being or serving as an illustration of a type
- "an action exemplary of his conduct"
- serving to warn
- "an exemplary jail sentence"
Adj
- Deserving honour, respect and admiration.
- Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.
- Serving as a warning; monitory.
- Providing an example or illustration.
Noun
- An example, or typical instance.
- A copy of a book or a piece of writing.
Examples
- exemplary justice, exemplary punishment, exemplary damages
- Her behaviour was always exemplary.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French exemplaire (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile; an example; a sample, specimen”), from Latin exemplāris (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile”), from exemplum (“an example; a sample; a copy or transcript”). By surface analysis, example + -ary. Doublet of exemplar. First use as a noun appears c. 1425, as an adjective, c. 1507.
Synonyms
admonitory, cautionary, emblematic, model, monitory, typic, warning, exemplar, paradigm
Scrabble Score: 23
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