exemplary

About 2.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Deserving honour, respect and admiration.
2. adjective Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.

   Her behaviour was always exemplary.

3. adjective Serving as a warning; monitory.

   exemplary justice, exemplary punishment, exemplary damages

4. adjective Providing an example or illustration.
5. noun An example, or typical instance.
6. noun A copy of a book or a piece of writing.

Similar words

worthy cautionary typical warning emblematic model monitory admonitory dissuasive typic

Often followed by

damages in and of life punishment conduct manner character

Word family

exemplarily exemplariness exemplarinesses exemplarities exemplarity