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Thesaurus: exemplary

Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.

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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. j:100 s. worthy of imitation