Exemplary /(?)/

Ex·em·pla·ry

Exemplary

a.
  1. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.
    [Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary.
  2. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.
  3. Illustrating as the proof of a thing.

Phrases & Compounds
Exemplary damages
See under Damage.

Exemplary

n.
  1. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.]