exemplary

exemplary is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct. Face value is 23 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 23 · Words With Friends 25 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.
2. adjective. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.
3. adjective. Illustrating as the proof of a thing.
4. noun. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing.
5. adjective. serving to warn

   "shook a monitory finger at him"

   "an exemplary jail sentence"

   Synonyms: admonitory, cautionary, monitory, warning

6. adjective. being or serving as an illustration of a type

   "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy"

   "an action exemplary of his conduct"

   Synonyms: emblematic, typic

7. adjective. worthy of imitation

   "exemplary behavior"

   "model citizens"

   Synonyms: model

Synonyms

admonitory, cautionary, monitory, warning, emblematic, typic, model

Common word forms

exemplarily

Words from these letters

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