surpassing

[ ser-pas-ing, -pah-sing ]

/ sərˈpæs ɪŋ, -ˈpɑ sɪŋ /

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adjective

of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.

adverb

in a surpassing manner; extraordinarily.

Nearby words

surmise, surmount, surmullet, surname, surpass, surpassing, surplice, surplus, surplus value, surplusage, surprint

Origin of surpassing

First recorded in 1570–80; surpass + -ing²

Related forms

sur·pass·ing·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for surpassingly

Yet there are glimpses of surpassingly eerie dystopian beauty.
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He laughed, a curious laugh, bitter and sweet, scornful and surpassingly tender.
Leonore Stubbs|L. B. Walford
Yet, though it was all surpassingly beautiful, it was strangely suggestive of death.
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Chopin, who sang the swan-song of idealism in surpassingly sweet tones, was by nature unfitted to wrestle with the problem.
Franz Liszt|James Huneker

Inasmuch as the slightest slip was certain to prove fatal, the work was slow and surpassingly delicate.
Blazing Arrow|Edward S. Ellis
The illuminations of the City Hall were “surpassingly beautiful.”
Historic Highways of America (Vol. 14)|Archer Butler Hulbert

British Dictionary definitions for surpassingly

surpassing

/ (sɜːˈpɑːsɪŋ) /

adjective

exceptional; extraordinary

adverb

obsolete, or poetic (intensifier)surpassing fair

Derived Forms

surpassingly, adverb

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