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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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