Exemplary
Exemplary , adjective
[Latin exemplaris, from exemplar: compare French 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.
2.
Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.
3.
Illustrating as the proof of a thing. — Fuller
Collocations (1)
Exemplary , noun
An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obsolete] — Donne