Exemplary

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  • adjective. Worthy of imitation; commendable.
  • adjective. Serving as a model.
  • adjective. Serving as an illustration; typical.
  • adjective. Serving as a warning; admonitory.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Serving for a pattern or model for imitation; worthy of imitation.
  • Such as may serve for a warning to others; such as may deter from wrong-doing: as, exemplary punishment.
  • Serving as an example, whether good or bad; attracting imitation; influential.
  • Exemplifying; serving as an illustration.
  • noun. An exemplar; a specimen; a copy, as of a book or writing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing.
  • adjective. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable
  • adjective. Serving as a warning; monitory.
  • adjective. Illustrating as the proof of a thing.
  • adjective. See under Damage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Deserving honour, respect and admiration.
  • adjective. Of such high quality that it should serve as an example and sought to be imitated.
  • adjective. Ideal or perfect.
  • noun. An example, or typical instance; an exemplar
  • noun. A copy of a book or writing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. serving to warn
  • adjective. being or serving as an illustration of a type
  • adjective. worthy of imitation
  • Word Usage
    "I thanked him for his kind discourse; and he thanked me for my attention, which he called exemplary: and so my dear master handed me into the chariot; and we were carried home, both happy, and both pleased, thank God."
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