surpassing
adjective
of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary.
surpassingly
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a word derived from
surpassing.
Example Sentences
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Iavarone, a co-owner of the champion racehorse Big Brown and a surpassingly flashy internet personality, looked toward the red house, absorbed in watching investigators cart out evidence.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
"The play is beautifully acted but surpassingly bleak," said Matt Wolf of the New York Times.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023
Reductive, ghoulish and surpassingly boring, “Blonde” might have invented a new cinematic genre: necro-fiction.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022
“That is an across-the-board win that is surpassingly rare in patent cases.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
Close up, either full-face or in profile, he was surpassingly handsome, even spectacularly so.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
