Exemplary Meaning
/ɪɡˈzɛmpləɹi/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjDeserving honour, respect and admiration.
adjOf such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.
Sentence Examples
He is an exemplary person with an excellent reputation.
I must say, his behaviour is exemplary.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Her ____ behavior earned her a special award at school.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The soldier was awarded a medal for her ____ courage and leadership during the battle.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"To answer these questions we must look more closely at the exemplary achievements of [David] Politzer, [David] Gross and [Frank] Wilcek. Here we will see the severe problems facing theorists in both the theoretical and phenomenological exploitation of QCD [quantum chromodynamics]."
— 1984, Andrew Pickering, “Quantum Chromodynamics: A Gauge Theory of the Strong Interactions”, in Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 224:
"The Archbishops and Bishops, next under the King, have the government of the Church and affairs ecclesiastical: be not, Sir, a mean to prefer any to those places for any by-respect; but only such as for their learning, gravity, and worth are deserving: and whose lives and doctrine are and ought to be exemplary."
— 1616, Francis Bacon, “A Copy of a Letter Conceived to the Written to the Late Duke of Buckingham when First He Became a Favourite to King James; […]”, in James Spedding, editor, The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon: […], volume VI, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, published 1872, →OCLC, page 31:
"For thus the Saviour of the world became humane, alluring, full of invitation and the ſweetneſſes of love, exemplary, humble and medicinal."
— 1678, Jeremy Taylor, “Ad[dendum to] Sect. I. Considerations upon the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary, and the Conception of the Holy Jesus”, in The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus, part I, London: […] E. Flesher, for R[ichard] Royston; published in Jeremy Taylor, William Cave, Antiquitates Christianiæ: Or, The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R. Royston, […], 1678, →OCLC, page 3:
"Lady Anne could not repress one involuntary exclamation of "what an inconvenient time Mr. Granard had chosen for his death!" but otherwise she behaved with exemplary propriety. She retired to her dressing-room, which was duly darkened, and there she sat, a white cambric handkerchief in one hand, and a bottle of salts in the other."
— 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 14:
"A maximum of 80 m.p.h. was quickly reached on the 1 in 264 down through Three Bridges and at this pace the riding was exemplary."
— 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Her ____ behavior earned her a special award at school.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The soldier was awarded a medal for her ____ courage and leadership during the battle.