exemplary

exemplary [ig-zem-pluh-ree, eg-zuhm-pler-ee] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin 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, relating to, or composed of exempla, or examples or models: the exemplary literature of the medieval period.

Origin of exemplary 1400–50 for earlier sense “model, exemplar”; 1580–90 for def 1; late Middle English (noun) Latin exemplāris. See exemplum, -ary Related formsex·em·pla·ri·ly, adverbex·em·pla·ri·ness, ex·em·plar·i·ty [eg-zuhm-plar-i-tee] /ˌɛg zəmˈplær ɪ ti/, nounnon·ex·em·pla·ry, adjectiveun·ex·em·pla·ry, adjectiveSynonyms for exemplary 1. laudable, noteworthy, praiseworthy. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for exemplarily Historical Examples of exemplarily

The fevers, “little less than plagues,” that were common in that age carry them off exemplarily by families at a time.

Essays

Alice Meynell

How could you brook to go backward, instead of forward, in those duties which you now so exemplarily perform?

Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9)

Samuel Richardson

To his equals he was condescending; to his inferiors, kind; and to the dear object of his affections, exemplarily tender.

Eighth Reader

James Baldwin

She immediately took the letter to her husband, and begged him to order the bearer of it to be exemplarily whipped.

Pretty Michal

Mr Jkai

The king also assured them that, if Holmes had committed any unjust action, he and his officers should be exemplarily punished.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919

Various

British Dictionary definitions for exemplarily exemplary adjective

1. fit for imitation; modelan exemplary performance
2. serving as a warning; admonitoryan exemplary jail sentence
3. representative; typicalan action exemplary of his conduct

Derived Formsexemplarily, adverbexemplariness, noun Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for exemplarily exemplary adj.

1580s, “fit to be an example,” from Middle French exemplaire, from Latin exemplaris “that serves as an example,” from exemplum “example” (see example). Earlier (early 15c.) as a noun meaning “a model of conduct.”

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper