The Collaborative International Dictionary
Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a.
Eminently excellent; exceeding others. ``With surpassing
glory crowned.''
--Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. --
Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a surpassing manner; exceptionally.
WordNet
adv. to a surpassing degree; "she was a surpassingly beautiful woman"
Usage examples of "surpassingly".
Eurynome, she who possessed a surpassingly pretty, Lovely appearance, the daughter of Ocean, bear the three Graces, Namely, Aglaia, as well as Euphrosyne, Thalia also.
Our appetites being sharpened by the frosty voyage, and in particular, Queequeg seeing his favourite fishing food before him, and the chowder being surpassingly excellent, we despatched it with great expedition: when leaning back a moment and bethinking me of Mrs.
Our appetites being sharpened by the frosty voyage, and in particular, Queequeg seeing his favourite fishing food before him, and the chowder being surpassingly excellent, we despatched it with great expedition: when leaning back a moment and bethinking me of Mrs.
I have undertaken its defence against those who prefer their own gods to the Founder of this city,-a city surpassingly glorious, whether we view it as it still lives by faith in this fleeting course of time, and sojourns as a stranger in the midst of the ungodly, or as it shall dwell in the fixed stability of its eternal seat, which it now with patience waits for, expecting until "righteousness shall return unto judgment,"