Meaning

4 senses
  1. Deserving honour, respect and admiration.

    vorbildlich

    образцо́выйobrazcóvyj, приме́рныйprimérnyj, досто́йный подража́нияdostójnyj podražánija

  2. Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.

    Her behaviour was always exemplary.

    vorbildlich, beispielhaft

    приме́рныйprimérnyj

  3. Serving as a warning; monitory.

    exemplary justice, exemplary punishment, exemplary damages

    serving to warn

  4. Providing an example or illustration.

    being or serving as an illustration of a type

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Tom is an exemplary husband.

    Том — зразковий чоловік.

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  2. Tom is doing an exemplary job.

    ruТом делает образцовую работу.

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  3. Tom did an exemplary job here.

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  4. Tom did an exemplary job.

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  5. Tom is an exemplary father.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
deserving honour, respect and admiration:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
deserving honour, respect and admiration:
of such high quality as to serve as an example — see also ideal, perfect:

Origin

From Middle English exemplarie, from Latin exemplāris (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile”), fr

From Middle English exemplarie, 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 appears before 1450.

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Forms

more exemplary, most exemplary
Comparativemore exemplary Lesson
Superlativemost exemplary Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
serving as a warning:admonitory
all senses:exemplar
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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