[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

exemplary \ex"emplary\, n.
   an exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. obs.
   --donne.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

exemplary \ex"emplary\, a. l. exemplaris, fr. exemplar: cf.
   f. exemplaire. see exemplar.
   1. serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for
      imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary
      conduct.
      1913 webster

            bishops' lives and doctrines ought to be
            exemplary.                            --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice,
      punishment, or damages.
      1913 webster

   3. illustrating as the proof of a thing. --fuller.
      1913 webster

   exemplary damages. law see under damage.
      1913 webster
see also:
exemplar exemplary damages damage 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

exemplary
     adj 1: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"
            syn: modela
     2: being or serving as an illustration of a type; "the free
        discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action
        exemplary of his conduct"; syn: emblematic, typic
     3: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an
        exemplary jail sentence" syn: admonitory, cautionary,
         monitory, warninga
see also:
modela emblematic typic admonitory cautionary monitory 
warninga 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

79 moby thesaurus words for "exemplary":
   admirable, admonishing, admonitory, archetypal, archetypical,
   beyond all praise, blameless, cautionary, cautioning,
   characteristic, classic, classical, commendable, consummate,
   creditable, deserving, deterrent, developed, distinctive,
   distinguishing, estimable, excellent, expert, finished,
   fully developed, guiltless, ideal, illustrative, inculpable,
   innocent, irreprehensible, laudable, masterful, masterly, mature,
   matured, meritorious, model, monitorial, monitory, natural,
   naturalistic, normal, noteworthy, notificational, notifying,
   outstanding, paradigmatic, perfected, polished, praiseworthy,
   precedential, proficient, prototypal, pure, quintessential,
   realistic, refined, regular, representative, righteous, ripe,
   ripened, sample, standard, superior, t, true to form, true to type,
   typal, typic, typical, unblamable, unexceptionable, usual,
   virtuous, warning, well-deserving, worthy

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