exemplary

exemplary
    adj 1: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model
           citizens" [syn: {exemplary}, {model(a)}]
    2: being or serving as an illustration of a type; "the free
       discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action
       exemplary of his conduct"; [syn: {emblematic}, {exemplary},
       {typic}]
    3: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an
       exemplary jail sentence" [syn: {admonitory}, {cautionary},
       {exemplary}, {monitory}, {warning(a)}]
    

Exemplary \Ex"em*pla*ry\, n.
   An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.]
   --Donne.
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Exemplary \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.
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            [Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be
            exemplary.                            --Bacon.
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   2. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice,
      punishment, or damages.
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   3. Illustrating as the proof of a thing. --Fuller.
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   {Exemplary damages}. (Law) See under {Damage}.
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79 Moby Thesaurus words for "exemplary":
      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