exemplary
Deserving honour, respect and admirationDeserving honour, respect and admiration.
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Translations
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Examples
16 sentencesMeaning
4 sensesDeserving honour, respect and admiration.
vorbildlich
образцо́выйobrazcóvyj, приме́рныйprimérnyj, досто́йный подража́нияdostójnyj podražánija
Serving as a warning; monitory.
exemplary justice, exemplary punishment, exemplary damages
serving to warn
Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.
Her behaviour was always exemplary.
vorbildlich, beispielhaft
приме́рныйprimérnyj
Providing an example or illustration.
Origin
From Middle English exemplarie, from Latin exemplāris (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile”), frFrom 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| Comparative | more exemplary Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most exemplary Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
8 synonyms- worthy of imitation:model
- being or serving as an illustration of a type:emblematictypic
- serving to warn:admonitorycautionarymonitorywarning
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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