To his equals he was condescending; to his inferiors, kind; and to the dear object of his affections, exemplarily tender.
The fevers, “little less than plagues,” that were common in that age carry them off exemplarily by families at a time.
She immediately took the letter to her husband, and begged him to order the bearer of it to be exemplarily whipped.
How could you brook to go backward, instead of forward, in those duties which you now so exemplarily perform?
The king also assured them that, if Holmes had committed any unjust action, he and his officers should be exemplarily punished.
Her Preparation is exemplarily set forth, and expatiated upon.
God is as exemplarily serv'd here as in any Place whatsoever.
1580s, "fit to be an example," from Middle French exemplaire, from Latin exemplaris "that serves as an example," from exemplum "example" (see example). Earlier (early 15c.) as a noun meaning "a model of conduct."