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exemplary
adjective as in ideal
Strongest matches
admirable, commendable, estimable, excellent, honorable, laudable, meritorious, sterling, typical
Weak matches
batting a thousand, blameless, bueno, characteristic, classic, classical, correct, good, guiltless, illustrative, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, model, neato, not bad, not too shabby, paradigmatic, praiseworthy, prototypical, punctilious, pure, quintessential, representative, righteous, virtuous, worthy
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Example Sentences
They are model citizens, the kind of people whose lives might be used as exemplary stories by a politician in a stump speech.
It was descriptive, prescriptive, and exemplary in its clarity.
Deacon Jones, 74 David D. Jones was an exemplary defensive end in the NFL.
And, indeed, the 777 has had an exemplary safety record—with nearly 1,500 777s delivered, not a single passenger has died in one.
Mitt Romney is that rare person who seems to have exemplary personal character.
Mary was on the contrary so far subdued, as to be exemplary in goodness and diligence, and Blanche was always steady.
Whatever might have been their faults, or even their crimes, in other countries, in these their conduct had been exemplary.
Dorothy bore it all with exemplary patience, and resumed her work in such spirits, that she sang from the very joy of her heart.
Exemplary punishment is to be visited upon me for "precocious godlessness, dangerous tendencies, and insubordination."
Nor had the conduct of these veteran soldiers been less exemplary in their quarters than in the field.
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On this page you'll find 103 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to exemplary, such as: admirable, commendable, estimable, excellent, honorable, and laudable.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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