Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being exemplary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.
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- noun The state or condition of being
exemplary , serving as a shining example.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Observing that in Weiss's response to his critics it is possible to discern a form of pre-emptive self-harm, Bengtsson notes that the response is typical of avant garde artists, and that it comprises the three distinct elements of sacrifice, struggle and exemplariness:
Peter Weiss - 4 David McDuff 2010
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The exemplariness consists in an apparent David-and-Goliath struggle, the result of which is an unspecified dreamed-of victory.
Peter Weiss - 4 David McDuff 2010
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What a wonderful word so full of meaning: exemplariness.
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Bessie and Annie waited at table, the former with demure exemplariness, the latter with her usual good sense.
St Peter's Finger Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1938
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�There is not a servant in her household that will not bear witness to the propriety, the exemplariness of her conduct.
Isabella. A Novel 1823
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But if lawyers and solicitors wish themselves to be identified as men of noble standing and exemplariness then they deserve the kind of reverence they will yield from the public should they decide to embrace Karpal Singh's call to sieve out bad hats.
Malaysiakini :: News 2010
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"The state must, more than ever, display exemplariness".
Latest Articles 2010
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"After the long, corrupt reign of an old debauched Prince, whose vices were degrading to himself and to a nation groaning under the lash of prostitution and caprice, the most cheering changes were expected from the known exemplariness of his successor and the amiableness of his consort.
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"After the long, corrupt reign of an old debauched Prince, whose vices were degrading to himself and to a nation groaning under the lash of prostitution and caprice, the most cheering changes were expected from the known exemplariness of his successor and the amiableness of his consort.
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"After the long, corrupt reign of an old debauched Prince, whose vices were degrading to himself and to a nation groaning under the lash of prostitution and caprice, the most cheering changes were expected from the known exemplariness of his successor and the amiableness of his consort.
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