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Exemplary

Definitions: Exemplary

Exemplary

Adjective

1. Worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens".

2. Being or serving as an illustration of a type; "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action exemplary of his conduct";.

3. Serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "exemplary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Exemplary

Synonyms: admonitory (adj), cautionary (adj), emblematic (adj), model(a) (adj), monitory (adj), typic (adj), warning(a) (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Exemplary

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Virtue

Exemplary; matchless, peerless; saintly, saint-like; heaven-born, angelic, seraphic, godlike.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Exemplary

English words defined with "exemplary": admonitorycautionaryemblematic, Examplary, Exemplariness, exemplary damagesFamily manmonitoryParadigmaticalsmart moneytypicwarning. (references)
Specialty definitions using "exemplary": Child RearingFrost. (references)
Etymologies containing "exemplary": Examplary. (references)

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Modern Usage: Exemplary

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Are you aware, Mrs. Bueller, that Ferris does not have what we consider to be an exemplary attendace record? (Ferris Bueller's Day Off; writing credit: John Hughes)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Exemplary

DomainTitle

Books

  • Eighty Exemplary Ethics Statements (reference)

  • Exemplary Stories (Penguin Classics) (reference)

  • The Exemplary Husband: A Biblical Perspective by Dr. Stuart Scott (Revised) (reference)

  • The Exemplary Middle School (reference)

  • The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: When Leaders Are at Their Best (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Exemplary".

PlayCaption
Excellent; great; superb; superior; good news; accomplished; admirable; attractive; capital; certified; champion; choice; choicest; desirable; distinctive; distinguished; estimable; exceptional; exemplary; exquisite; fine; finest; first; first-class; firs.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Exemplary

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

To date, the track record of managed care serving older people has not been exemplary. (references)

Economic History

Belarus

Cooperation in all such agreements has been exemplary. (references)

El Salvador

As a result, despite a devastating series of earthquakes in early 2001, the country enjoys exemplary macroeconomic stability, low inflation and falling interest rates. (references)

Sao Tome and Principe

The government's respect for human rights is exemplary; the government does not engage in repressive measures against its citizens, and respect for individuals' rights to due process and protection from government abuses is widely honored. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

The Commission includes both Government and NGO representatives and is mandated to review complaints of torture nationwide and to recommend investigation and prosecution of exemplary cases. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Exemplary

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801The judges, therefore, should be always men of learning and experience in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness, and attention.

James Monroe

1817-1825In this instance we have the satisfaction to know that they were imposed when the demand was imperious, and have been sustained with exemplary fidelity.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Exemplary

"Exemplary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exemplary" is used about 255 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%25518,554

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Exemplary

Expressions using "exemplary": exemplary behavior exemplary conduct Exemplary damages exemplary punishment in exemplary fashion. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Exemplary

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  exemplary

5

  exemplary school texas

4

  exemplary girl little

3

  exemplary damages

3

  exemplary middle school

3

  exemplary five leadership practice

3

  center exemplary instruction reading

2

  exemplary school

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Exemplary

Language Translations for "exemplary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tipik (characteristic, classic, classical, peculiar, proper, typical, vintage, your), shembullor (model), karakteristik (characteristic, distinctive, peculiar). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مقصود به العبرة, ‏مثالي (ideal, idealistic, model, perfect, platonic, starry eyed, typical, unearthly, utopian, visionary), ‏نموذجي (model, object lesson, representative, typical), ‏تمثيلى, ‏تحذيرى, ‏إقتدى به. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

типичен (classic, normal, quintessential, racy, representative, true to type, typical), образцов (classic, classical, ideal, master, model, pattern, show, standard), назидателен (instructive), примерен (model, pattern), илюстративен (illustrative). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

模范 (Paragon). (various references)

   

Czech

  

exemplární, vzorný (ideal, immaculate, model, perfect), ukázkový, příkladný. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نمونه وسرمشق , ستوده (Honorable, Laudable), شایان تقلید. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

esimerkillinen, esikuvallinen, mallikelpoinen. (various references)

   

French

  

exemplaire. (various references)

   

German

  

vorbildlich (ideal, model, perfect), beispielhaft (paradigmatic). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παραδειγματικόσ (paradigmatic), υποδειγματικόσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מופתי (ideal, model), משמש ל"ו'מא, "ו'מתי (model), "ו'מאי (model), טפוסי (characteristic, representative, typical). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

példaszerű, példaadó, példát mutató, példás, mintaszerű (true to type), irányadó (authoritative, localizer, marker beacon, normative, received, standard), elrettentő. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

patut dicontoh. (various references)

   

Italian

  

esemplare (copy, exemplar, issue, model, one off, paragon, paragons, pattern, sample, specimen, standard, subject, type), modello (architectural model, artwork, design, dummy, example, exemplar, fashion, mock up, mock-up, model, Mold, mould, objects, pattern, sample, scale model, shape, sitter, specimen, standard, stencil, style, template, type). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

模範的 , 代表的 (model, representative). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

もは"てき, いひょうてき (model, representative). (various references)

   

Manx

  

sampleyragh (model, typical, typically). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

mønstergyldig. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

exemplaryay

   

Portuguese

  

modelo (data model, design, dummy, example, form, form-control template, Gage, gauge, guest-card, jig, lay figure, light, master component, master workpiece, mirror, modal, model, Mold, mould, norm, pattern, profile, prototype, sampler, specimen, style, template, type). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

exemplar (copy, exemplar, exemplarily, number, paradigmatic, pattern, sample, specimen), tipic (ordinary, paradigmatically, representative, salient, typical, typically), model (archetype, cast, design, example, exemplar, fair copy, form, lodestar, make, Mark, mock up, model, nonesuch, number, paradigm, paradigmatic, pattern, shape, sitter, standard, stencil, type), caracteristic (characteristic, discriminative, distinctive, peculiar, proper, representative, typical). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

образцовый (model, pattern). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

uzoran (classic, classical, model, standard). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ejemplar (copy, example, exemplar, instance, issue, specimen). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

exemplarisk (model, textbook). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ใช้เป็นคำเตือน, ที่เป็นตัวอย่างที่"ี. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ibret verici, örnek olarak, örnek (copy, example, exemplar, exemplification, guide, illustration, instance, lead, model, norm, object lesson, pattern, precedent, reference, representative, sample, sampling, specimen, trial, type, type specimen, version). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

зemeli (comfortable, convenient). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

типовий (characteristic, normal, representative, typical), зразковий (banner, classic, model, paradigmatic, pi), повчальний (didactic, edifying, homiletic, homiletical, hortative, hortatory, illuminative, informative, instructive, sapiential, sententious). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

mẫu mực để l m gương, gương mẫu (example, exemplar, model), để l m thí dụ, để dẫn chứng, để cảnh cáo để l m mẫu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Exemplary

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

exemplaris. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Exemplary

Misspellings

"Exemplary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: examplar, exemplaris, exemplery, exemplory, exemplqry, exeplary. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Exemplary"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "exemplary" (pronounced igze"mplerē)
3-l er ēartillery, burglary, calorie, celery, cutlery, distillery, Foolery, gallery, pillory, salary.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Exemplary

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-m-p-r-x-y"

-1 letter: empyreal, exemplar.

-2 letters: empaler, example, exempla, lamprey, premeal.

-3 letters: ampere, ampler, empale, empery, leaper, merely, palmer, parley, pearly, player, repeal, replay, yelper.

-4 letters: ameer, ample, amply, apery, early, emery, expel, lamer, laree, laxer, layer, leary, leery, leper, maple, marly, mealy, merle, paler, palmy, parle, payee, payer, pearl, peery, perea, plyer, prexy, ramee, realm, relax.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-m-p-r-x-y"
 

+2 letters: exemplarily, exemplarity.

 

+3 letters: extemporally.

 

+4 letters: extemporarily.

 

+5 letters: experimentally.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Exemplary


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 78 65 6D 70 6C 61 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01111000 01100101 01101101 01110000 01101100 01100001 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#120 &#101 &#109 &#112 &#108 &#97 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0078 0065 006D 0070 006C 0061 0072 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

399071798278678491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Sounds
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Speeches
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Orthography
18. Bibliography


  

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