exemplary

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(ĭg-zĕm'plə-rē) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary behavior.
  2. Serving as a model.
  3. Serving as an illustration; typical.
  4. Serving as a warning; admonitory.

[From Middle English exaumplarie, exemplere, an exemplar. See exemplar.]

exemplarily ex'em·plar'i·ly (ĕg'zəm-plâr'ə-lē) adv.
exemplariness ex·em'pla·ri·ness or ex'em·plar'i·ty (ĕg'zəm-plăr'ĭ-tē) n.

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adj

Definition: ideal
Antonyms: erring, incorrect, unideal, wrong

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IN BRIEF: Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation.

pronunciation The handwriting of that student is exemplary.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - eksemplarisk, til skræk og advarsel, typisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorbeeldig, tot voorbeeld dienend, exemplarisch, typisch

Français (French)
adj. - exemplaire, comme un exemple, modèle, (Jur) à titre de réparation exemplaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - beispielhaft, vorbildlich, exemplarisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υποδειγματικός, παραδειγματικός, κοσμιότατος

Italiano (Italian)
esemplare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - exemplar, típico

Русский (Russian)
примерный, образцовый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ejemplar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - exemplarisk, avskräckande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
可仿效的, 可做模范的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可仿效的, 可做模範的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 모범적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 模範的な, 見せしめの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نموذجي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מופתי, למופת‬


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