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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•em•pla•ry /ɪgˈzɛmpləri/USA pronunciation adj. - so good or great as to be worthy of imitation;
commendable: exemplary bravery. - serving as an illustration or example:The costumes were exemplary of Renaissance clothing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•em•pla•ry (ig zem′plə rē, eg′zəm pler′ē),USA pronunciation adj. - worthy of imitation;
commendable:exemplary conduct. - Lawserving as a warning:an exemplary penalty.
- serving as an illustration or specimen;
illustrative;
typical:The sentences read are exemplary of the style of the essay as a whole. - serving as a model or pattern:The authoritative and exemplary text of the work is in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
- of, pertaining to, or composed of exempla:the exemplary literature of the medieval period.
- Latin exemplāris. See exemplum, -ary
- 1400–50 for earlier sense "model, exemplar''; 1580–90 for def. 1; late Middle English (noun, nominal)
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged laudable, noteworthy, praiseworthy.
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