单词 | exemplary |
释义 | exemplary —exemplarily, adv. —exemplariness, exemplarity, n. /ig zem"pleuh ree, eg"zeuhm pler'ee/, adj. 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, pertaining to, or composed of exempla: the exemplary literature of the medieval period. [1400-50 for earlier sense "model, exemplar"; 1580-90 for def. 1; late ME (n.) < L exemplaris. See EXEMPLUM, -ARY] Syn. 1. laudable, noteworthy, praiseworthy. |
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