D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Exemplary

/ĭg-zĕm'-plẽr-ē/ · Ex·em·pla·ry · IPA /ɪɡˈzɛmpləɹi/
01 a. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.
  1. 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. 2.
    Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.
  3. 3.
    Illustrating as the proof of a thing.
Phrases & compounds
Exemplary damages — See under Damage.
02 n. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing.
  1. 1.
    An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing.[Obs.]