Surpassing

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  • adjective. Exceptional; exceeding.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Excelling in an eminent degree; greatly exceeding others; superior; extreme.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Eminently excellent; exceeding others.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of surpass.
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  • adjective. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
  • adjective. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
  • Word Usage
    "That he can write lines surpassing -- aye! "she cried," _surpassing_ Polonius's advice to his son, and leave them uncopied on an ale-house table to go off with the first loose woman who comes by, and be carried home, too drunk to walk, the next morning, roaring out hymns about eternal salvation."
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    surpass