All 3 Uses of
exemplary
in
1776, by McCullough
- His patience with Congress had been exemplary, and while he had been saved repeatedly by his council of war from his headlong determination to attack, and thus from almost certain catastrophe, he had accepted the judgment of the council with no ill temper or self-serving histrionics.†
p. 111.2exemplary = serving as an example -- especially a good one
- A fine soldier you are, I thought, a fine officer, an exemplary man for young soldiers!†
p. 175.9 *
- The Americans could also rightly claim that they had been vastly outnumbered by a far-better-trained army, and that given the odds against them, they had, in several instances, shown exemplary courage and tenacity.†
p. 194.3
Definition:
serving as an example -- especially one from which to draw a lesson
For instance:
an example to copy: exemplary behavior
an example to avoid: exemplary punishment
For instance:
an example to copy: exemplary behavior
an example to avoid: exemplary punishment