Ex'am-pla-ry1, a.
(ĕgz-), a. [From example.] Serving for example or pattern; worthy of imitation; exemplary.
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Exemplary
Ĕx'em-pla-ry2, n.
(44), n. A pattern; an exemplar. [Obs.] Donne.
Ĕx'em-pla-ry3, a.
(ĕgz'em-pler-ȳ) (Synop., § 130), a. [Lat. exemplaris, from exemplar; Fr. exemplaire. See supra.] Acting as an exemplar; serving as a pattern or model, or as a warning or threatening; open to imitation or notice; commendable; conspicuous; as, to be exemplary in life; exemplary justice or punishment.
Their lives [archbishops' and bishops'] and doctrines ought to be exemplary. Bacon.
The most visible and exemplary performance is required. Rogers.