exceeding

English

Etymology

From exceed +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Verb

exceeding

1. Present participle of exceed.

Adjective

exceeding (comparative more exceeding, superlative most exceeding)

1. (archaic) prodigious
2. (archaic) exceptional, extraordinary
3. (archaic) extreme

Adverb

exceeding (comparative more exceeding, superlative most exceeding)

1. (archaic) Exceedingly.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.7:

     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 [...].

Usage notes

• The adverbial usage was very common in the 17th and 18th centuries, but is now considered archaic.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989