Meaning of EXEMPLARY
| Pronunciation: | | ig'zempluree
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- [adj] serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"
- [adj] being or serving as an illustration of a type; "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action exemplary of his conduct";
- [adj] worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"
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| | Synonyms: | | admonitory, cautionary, dissuasive, emblematic, model(a), monitory, typic, typical, warning(a), worthy |
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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}.
\Ex"em*pla*ry\, n.
An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.]
--Donne.
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| | Related Terms: | | admirable, admonishing, admonitory, archetypal, archetypical, beyond all praise, blameless, cautionary, cautioning, characteristic, classic, classical, commendable, consummate, creditable, deserving, deterrent, developed, distinctive, distinguishing, estimable, excellent, expert, finished, fully developed, guiltless, ideal, illustrative, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, laudable, masterful, masterly, mature, matured, meritorious, model, monitorial, monitory, natural, naturalistic, normal, noteworthy, notificational, notifying, outstanding, paradigmatic, perfected, polished, praiseworthy, precedential, proficient, prototypal, pure, quintessential, realistic, refined, regular, representative, righteous, ripe, ripened, sample, standard, superior, t, true to form, true to type, typal, typic, typical, unblamable, unexceptionable, usual, virtuous, warning, well-deserving, worthy |
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