exceeding

adj, adv, noun — 5 senses

exceeding

adj

/ɪkˈsiːdɪŋ/

Etymology From exceed + -ing.

1

Archaic prodigious

2

Archaic exceptional, extraordinary

3

Archaic extreme

Derived terms: exceedingness

exceeding

adv

Etymology From exceed + -ing.

1

Archaic 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[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 7, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.1611, First Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy (AV):

1 more example

[…] a mighty huge hole or gulf all round, in manner of a hollow globe cut through the midst, exceeding deep and horrible to see to, full of much darkness, […]1905, The Myths of Plato, page 442:

exceeding

noun

Etymology From exceed + -ing.

1

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[…]1812, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, page 198:

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