amazing

Etymology

amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of amaze
   How many things have men found out to the amazing of one another, to the wonderment of one another, to the begetting of endless commendations of one another in the world 1848, John Bunyan, Robert Philip, The Greatness of the Soul: And the Unspeakableness of the Loss Thereof, T. Nelson, page 29
   Amazing is judged relative what already exists, and Quake has the best underwater effects so far. August 5 1996, Tim Behrendsen, “Tim Behrendsen Lost and Spaced THE FINAL TRY”, in rec.games.computer.quake.misc (Usenet)
   Reality, especially God's Reality is amazing. For instance that there is something rather than nothing is amazing. … Amazing is amazing. November 30 1997, Sir Frederick, “Pro-Mormons are amazing also”, in alt.religion.mormon.fellowship (Usenet)
   The amazing is happening. July 13 1999, Irma Dobkin, Mary Jo Peterson, Gracious Spaces, McGraw-Hill Professional, page xix
   All that is impossibly amazing is considered nothing, and the impossibly amazing is considered normal. March 24 2000, Shadow, “Return of the Fulgore Rant!”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet)
   The amazing is that, in EXACTLY the same situation, the demo2 doesn't show this problem. February 3 2001, Brian, “D3 weird FPS”, in alt.games.descent (Usenet)
   Everything that amazes has its method, until we notice that the amazing is not amazing, has no method. June 23 2003, Thomas Bernhard, Three Novellas, University of Chicago Press, page 31
   Sheffield is an amazing athlete, how much of the amazing is provided from the Chemlab. October 23 2004, MgClearwater, “George says: Joe and Brian stay..”, in alt.sports.baseball.ny-yankees (Usenet)
   2006 May 16, Simon Baird, "monkeyGTD is amazing- a few questions and suggestions", GTD TiddlyWiki, Google goups Cool! Of course 99% of the amazing is due to the "powered by TiddlyWiki" part of MonkeyGTD.. :)

adj

1. Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.
   “It’s been amazing, the amount of emails and congratulations,” the Snow White and the Huntsman star, 36, told Ryan Seacrest Friday on his radio show. March 16, 2012, “Charlize Theron Says Swaddling’s ‘Pretty Amazing’”, in People Magazine
2. (informal) Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good.
   “I didn’t think I would be a fan of the swaddling, but the swaddling’s pretty amazing,” she says. March 16, 2012, “Charlize Theron Says Swaddling’s ‘Pretty Amazing’”, in People Magazine
   2014, November 6, WAAY-TV (Huntsville, AL), VIDEO: "Sitting next to him was amazing" says student of General Via "I think it was pretty amazing that he picked our school out of a lot of schools to come speak to us about what he has done, and what our country has done, to help us gain our freedom," Mucci said, “sitting next to him was amazing.”
   2014, November 8, Nick McCarvel, "Wozniacki's marathon debut was amazing, Djokovic says", USA TODAY Sports "Running a marathon is definitely an amazing experience."
   June 10 2015, Lindsey Bever, Morning Mix: Another reason seeing-eye dogs are amazing: