Thesaurus: exemplary

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1. a. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.
2. a. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.
3. a. Illustrating as the proof of a thing.
4. n. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing.
5. adj. worthy of imitation
6. adj. being or serving as an illustration of a type
7. adj. serving to warn
8. 1. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct. [Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary. Bacon. 2. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages. 3. Illustrating as the proof of a thing. Fuller. Exemplary damages. (Law) See under Damage. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Donne.
9. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Donne.
10. j:100 s. worthy of imitation