Exemplary

 WORD OF THE DAY

exemplary / adjective / ig-ZEM-pluh-ree

Definition
1a: deserving imitation
1b: commendable
1c: deserving imitation because of excellence
1d: serving as a pattern
2: serving as an example, instance, or illustration
3a: serving as a warning
3b: monitory

Examples
The novel is exemplary of 18th-century Romanticism.

"The awards … celebrate the exemplary performance of public school teachers throughout the city that inspire students, model great teaching, and enrich school communities."
— Annalise Knudson, The Staten Island (New York) Advance, 25 June 2021

Did You Know?
Exemplary (and its close relatives example and exemplify) derives from the Latin noun exemplum ("example").
When exemplary describes something as "excellent," it almost always carries the further suggestion that the thing described is worthy of imitation.