exemplary

CEFRC1

/ɪɡˈzɛmpləɹi/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Very good and suitable as an example for others.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.

Examples

  • He is an exemplary person with an excellent reputation.

  • I must say, his behaviour is exemplary.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Serving as a warning; monitory.

  2. Deserving honour, respect and admiration.

  3. Providing an example or illustration.

More examples

In context

  • Her behaviour was always exemplary.

  • exemplary justice, exemplary punishment, exemplary damages

  • [...] I want to round off my consideration of poststructuralist geographies by pursuing origami as the exemplary art of spatial science.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle French exemplaire (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile; an example; a sample, specimen”), from Latin exemplāris (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile”), from exemplum (“an example; a sample; a copy or transcript”). By surface analysis, example + -ary. Doublet of exemplar. First use as a noun appears c. 1425, as an adjective, c. 1507.