Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exemplary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exemplary \Ex"em*pla*ry\, a. [L. exemplaris, fr. exemplar: cf.
F. exemplaire. See {Exemplar}.]
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exemplary \Ex"em*pla*ry\, n.
An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.]
--Donne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exemplary
adj 1: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"
[syn: {model(a)}]
2: being or serving as an illustration of a type; "the free
discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action
exemplary of his conduct"; [syn: {emblematic}, {typic}]
3: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an
exemplary jail sentence" [syn: {admonitory}, {cautionary},
{monitory}, {warning(a)}]
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