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🌟 As a good model ⚠️ As a warning 🔍 To show clearly
exemplarily

exemplarily

7.7
In a way that warns others by punishing someone
  • adverb
  • /ɪɡˈzɛmpləˌrɪli/
  • Formal
translation icon : ejemplarmente
  • He was punished exemplarily so that others would think twice before breaking the rules.

Examples

  • The company fined the employee exemplarily to show that dishonesty would not be tolerated.

  • The court acted exemplarily to set a strong precedent for future cases.

  • He acted exemplarily during the crisis.

  • Can you show how to act exemplarily in such situations?

  • The teacher graded the test exemplarily to ensure students understood the consequences of cheating.

  • The committee decided to handle the violation exemplarily in order to reinforce the importance of following the guidelines.

  • She was warned exemplarily, making it clear that any further misconduct would result in severe penalties.

Synonyms

warningly
vsexemplarily
1 3.9

In a way that tells someone to be careful

is used to show a behavior to others as a deterrent

How Exemplary

exemplarily
  • Formal
7.7

Surface Forms

exemplarily positive

Morphology

exemplarily = exemplary (semi-transparent) = example + ary + ly

The adverbial formation is regular, but the specific nuance 'serving as a warning' attached to 'exemplary' may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Exemplarily comes from the Latin word exemplum, which means 'example'. A helpful way to remember this sense is that being shown 'as an example' can warn others, so to act exemplarily here is to serve as a clear 'warning' to stop people from doing the same.