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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.

Origin of surpassing

First recorded in 1570–80; surpass + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM surpassing

sur·pass·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby surpassing

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

Example sentences from the Web for surpassingly

Yet there are glimpses of surpassingly eerie dystopian beauty.

American Dreams: Did William Gibson’s ‘Neuromancer’ Blueprint Our Reality? |Nathaniel Rich |October 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
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.

The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery |Samuel Adams Drake
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 of surpassing

surpassingly, adverb