surpassing (adj.)

  1. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

    [ Syn: transcendent ]

  2. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; a night of exceeding darkness; an exceptional memory; olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy; the young Mozarts prodigious talents

    [ Syn: exceeding , exceptional , olympian , prodigious ]

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