exceeding adjective & adverb. [ɪk'si:dɪŋ, ɛk-] L15.
[formed as EXCEEDING noun + -ING².]
A. adjective.
1. Going beyond the bounds of propriety; going to extremes. L15-M18.
■ E. Sandys Why was Anna so exceeding in craving children at the hands of God?

2. Surpassing; extremely great; pre-eminent in amount or degree. Chiefly attrib. M16.
■ Ld Macaulay The exceeding badness of the beer which he brewed.
■ J. M. Murry Recompensed for his exceeding suffering.

3. Supremely good. M-L16.
b. adverb. Exceedingly. arch. M16.
■ Wordsworth A virtuous household, though exceeding poor.

■ exceedingly adverb (a) so as to outdo others; (b) extremely, very; very much: L15.

■ exceedingness noun (long rare) L16.

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exceeding verbal noun. [ɪk'si:dɪŋ, ɛk-] L15.
[from EXCEED + -ING¹.]
1. gen. The action of EXCEED verb. Formerly also, an instance of this, an unusual or excessive action or performance; the quality of surpassing others, excellence. L15.

2. a. In pl. Chiefly at Cambridge University: extra food allowed on festival days. E17.
b. Usu. in pl. An amount in excess of calculation or what is usual; an excess, a surplus. E18-M19.

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