EXCEEDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exceeding mean? 

• EXCEEDING (adjective)
  The adjective EXCEEDING has 1 sense:

1. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

  Familiarity information: EXCEEDING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXCEEDING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

Synonyms:

exceeding; exceptional; olympian; prodigious; surpassing

Context example:

the young Mozart's prodigious talents

Similar:

extraordinary (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable)

 Context examples 

Pray do not take us as exceeding the bounds of business courtesy in pressing you in all ways to use the utmost expedition.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In the current study, researchers found that 87% of the children had screen time exceeding these recommendations.

(High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy, National Institutes of Health)

He said, with exceeding gravity, “Pardon me,” and proceeded, with a mixture of the lowest spirits and the most intense enjoyment, to the peroration of his letter.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Very slowly, because of his exceeding weakness and stiffness, he rolled over on his other side.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Mrs. Bennet had no turn for economy, and her husband's love of independence had alone prevented their exceeding their income.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I made her a low bow, took out my knife and fork, and fell to eat, which gave them exceeding delight.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Close at his heels came the colonel himself, a man rather over the middle size, but of an exceeding thinness.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yes, truly, and they press hard upon the castle, for they are an exceeding multitude and full of courage.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

However, it was an exceeding good, pretty letter, and gave Mr. and Mrs. Weston a great deal of pleasure.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A disorder characterized by a pathological increase in blood pressure; a repeatedly elevation in the blood pressure exceeding 140 over 90 mm Hg.

(Hypertension, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)