Definitions for exemplary

exemplary ex·em·pla·ry

Spelling: [ig-zem-pluh-ree, eg-zuh m-pler-ee]
IPA: /ɪgˈzɛm plə ri, ˈɛg zəmˌplɛr i/

Exemplary is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 23 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 317 anagrams from letters in exemplary (aeelmprxy).

Definitions for exemplary

adjective

  1. worthy of imitation; commendable:
  2. serving as a warning:
  3. serving as an illustration or specimen; illustrative; typical:
  4. serving as a model or pattern:
  5. of, relating to, or composed of exempla, or examples or models:

Origin of exemplary

1400-50 for earlier sense “model, exemplar”; 1580-90 for def 1; late Middle English (noun) Latin exemplāris. See exemplum, -ary

Examples for exemplary

And I am bound to say he obeyed that order with the most exemplary alacrity.

Mitt Romney is that rare person who seems to have exemplary personal character.

It was descriptive, prescriptive, and exemplary in its clarity.

Mrs. Rice is a lady of refinement, exemplary, and much beloved and respected.

They are model citizens, the kind of people whose lives might be used as exemplary stories by a politician in a stump speech.

He sighed and clasped his hands on his stomach with exemplary resignation.

She had seven sons, whom she had educated with the most exemplary piety.

And, indeed, the 777 has had an exemplary safety record—with nearly 1,500 777s delivered, not a single passenger has died in one.

And yet this man has for years been leading a most exemplary life?

Deacon Jones, 74 David D. Jones was an exemplary defensive end in the NFL.

Word Value for exemplary
Scrable

23

Words with friends

25

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