przykadowy

Przykładowy is a Polish adjective meaning exemplary, typical, or used as an illustration. It describes something that can serve as a model or sample for others. The word is formed from the noun przykład (example) with the adjectival suffix -owy, and the correct spelling uses the Polish letter ł. The standard forms adapt to gender and number in the usual Polish way.

It is commonly used in both formal and everyday language to indicate that a thing represents a model or typical case rather than a random instance. Examples include przykładowy zestaw danych (an exemplary data set), przykładowe zdanie (an example sentence), or przykładowa sytuacja (an illustrative situation). In general, the adjective conveys a normative sense, signaling suitability or representativeness beyond a single instance.

Orthography note: a frequent nonstandard spelling is przykadowy (without ł). This form is usually considered incorrect in standard Polish, though it may appear in informal writing or where diacritics are unavailable. The related adverb is przykładowo, used to mean “for example” or “as an example.”

See also: przykład (an example) and przykładowo as the adverbial form.