exemplary

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

2. a. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages. Source: opted

3. a. Illustrating as the proof of a thing. Source: opted

4. n. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. Source: opted

5. adj. worthy of imitation Source: wordnet

6. adj. being or serving as an illustration of a type Source: wordnet

7. adj. serving to warn Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

9. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Donne. Source: adambom

10. j:100 s. worthy of imitation Source: ecdict

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