exemplary
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exemplary¹
- /ɪɡˈzɛmpləɹi/ US, UK
- /ɛɡ-/ US, UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English exemplarie, from Latin exemplāris (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile”), from exemplum (“an example; a sample; a copy or transcript”). By surface analysis, example + -ary. Doublet of exemplar. First use appears before 1450.
adjective more exemplary · most exemplary · examplary
- Deserving honour, respect and admiration. To answer these questions we must look more closely at the exemplary achievements of [David] Politzer, [David] Gross and [Frank] Wilcek. Here we will see the severe problems facing theorists in both the theoretical and phenomenological exploitation of QCD [quantum chromodynamics].
- Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect. Her behaviour was always exemplary.
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Serving as a warning; monitory.
exemplary justice, exemplary punishment, exemplary damages
Similar: admonitory
- Providing an example or illustration. [T]ill he infect and poison that age, and spoil that time that he lives in by his exemplary sins, till he be pestis secularis, the plague of that age, peccator secularis, the proverbial sinner of that age, and so be a sinner of a hundred years, till in his actions he have been, or in his desires be,
Similar: exemplar
exemplary²
- /ɪɡˈzɛmpləɹi/ US, UK
- /ɛɡ-/ US, UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English exemplarie, from Latin exemplārium. By surface analysis, example + -ary. First use appears before 1425.
noun exemplaries · examplary
- An example, or typical instance. [I]n the place by M. Hesk. alledged, denyeth that Baſill calleth breade & wine ἀντίτυπα, or exemplaria, exemplaries of the bodie and bloud of Chriſt after the conſecration, which is an impudent lye; for before the conſecration there are no ſacraments, and ſo no exemplars of the bodie and bloud of Ch
- A copy of a book or a piece of writing. Farther, more part of the exemplaries, curiouſly ſought by me, and fortunately found in ſundry places of this your dominion, hath bene emprinted in Germany, and now be in the preſſes chefley of Frobenus, [...]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: worthy, cautionary, typical, warning, emblematic, model, monitory, admonitory, dissuasive, typic, admirable, commendable, illustrious, virtuous, honoured, good
adjective
Similar: exemplar
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adj deserving honour, respect and admiration
| Español | ejemplar, ejemplarizante, ejemplarizador, ejemplificante, ejemplificador |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | vorbildlich |
| Русский | образцо́вый obrazcóvyj, приме́рный primérnyj, досто́йный подража́ния dostójnyj podražánija |
| العربية | نَمُوذَجِيّ namūḏajiyy |
adj of such high quality as to serve as an example — see also ideal, perfect
| Español | ejemplar, ejemplarizante, ejemplarizador, ejemplificante, ejemplificador |
|---|---|
| Português | exemplar |
| Français | exemplaire |
| Deutsch | vorbildlich, beispielhaft |
| Italiano | esemplare |
| Русский | приме́рный primérnyj |
| العربية | نَمُوذَجِيّ namūḏajiyy, مِثَالِيّ miṯāliyy |
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title = {exemplary},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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