exceeding
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsiːdɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English exceed English -ing English exceeding From exceed + -ing.
- prodigious
- exceptional, extraordinary
- extreme
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English exceed English -ing English exceeding From exceed + -ing.
- Exceedingly.
“Those which write the life of Augustus Cæsar, note this in his military discipline, that he was exceeding liberall and lavish in his gifts to such as were of any desert[…].”
“1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English exceed English -ing English exceeding From exceed + -ing.
- The situation of being in excess.
“I have to say it appears to me in the first place, that the exceedings of expenditure beyond estimate appearing upon that account, do not give to the Grand Canal company the slightest legal right to any public money[…]”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English exceed English -ing English exceeding From exceed + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of exceed