What does "exceeding" mean?
Exceeding: -- Ex*ceed"ing*ness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Additional senses
- 2.In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [Archaic. It is not joined to verbs.] "The voice exceeding loud." Keble. His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow. Mark ix.
- 3.The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. Sir W. Raleigh.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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