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Word entry · 9 letters

exemplary

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"Worthy of imitation"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɪɡˈzɛmpləɹi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeelmprxyStarts with EEnds with Y2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Serving as a model of excellent conduct or quality.

Word origin

From Middle French exemplaire (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile; an example; a sample, specimen”), from Latin exemplāris (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile”), from exemplum (“an example; a sample; a copy or transcript”). By surface analysis, example + -ary. Doublet of exemplar. First use as a noun appears c. 1425, as an adjective, c. 1507.

Used in a sentence

  • Her behaviour was always exemplary.
  • For thus the Saviour of the world became humane, alluring, full of invitation and the ſweetneſſes of love, exemplary, humble and medicinal.
  • A maximum of 80 m.p.h. was quickly reached on the 1 in 264 down through Three Bridges and at this pace the riding was exemplary.

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01Worthy of imitation9 letters
02Model-worthy9 letters

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