exceeding

Etymology

From exceed + -ing.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of exceed

adj

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

adv

1. (archaic) Exceedingly.
   […] 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

noun

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