— exemplarily , adv. — exemplariness, exemplarity , n.
/ig zem"pleuh ree, eg"zeuhm pler'ee/ , adj.
1. worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary conduct.
2. serving as a warning: an exemplary penalty.
3. serving as an illustration or specimen; illustrative; typical: The sentences read are exemplary of the style of the essay as a whole.
4. serving as a model or pattern: The authoritative and exemplary text of the work is in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
5. of, pertaining to, or composed of exempla: the exemplary literature of the medieval period.
[ 1400-50 for earlier sense "model, exemplar"; 1580-90 for def. 1; late ME (n.) exemplaris. See EXEMPLUM, -ARY ]
Syn. 1. laudable, noteworthy, praiseworthy.