Definition of "exemplary" []

• Worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary behavior. (adjective)
• Serving as a model. (adjective)
• Serving as an illustration; typical. (adjective)
• Serving as a warning; admonitory. (adjective)

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• "I thanked him for his kind discourse; and he thanked me for my attention, which he called exemplary: and so my dear master handed me into the chariot; and we were carried home, both happy, and both pleased, thank God."
• "If you're a visual type you'll get a big kick out of the novel, since the descriptions of scenes are done in exemplary manner."
• "He's done that in exemplary fashion, garnering three 1,000-yard seasons."