exemplary
adjective/ɪɡˈzempləri/
/ɪɡˈzempləri/
- providing a good example for people to copy
- Her behaviour was exemplary.
- a man of exemplary character
- The organization has an exemplary record.
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- [usually before noun] (law or formal) (of punishment) severe; used especially as a warning to others
- exemplary of somebody/something (formal) typical of its kind; illustrating a general rule
- She is exemplary of the new generation of film-makers.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin exemplaris, from Latin exemplum ‘sample, imitation’, from eximere ‘take out’, from ex- ‘out’ + emere ‘take’.
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