What does the word surpassing mean?
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Usage examples for surpassing
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Several
other
things,
and
in
particular
their
clothing,
shewed
that
they
were
possessed
of
a
degree
of
ingenuity,
far
surpassing
what
one
could
expect
to
find
amongst
so
northern
a
people.
– A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
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The
quarrel
was
forced
upon
him,
and,
during
a
pause,
Boucher
struck
a
foul
blow,
which,
had
it
not
been
for
Mr.
Willet's
surpassing
skill,
would
have
proved
mortal
and
would
have
stained
the
honor
of
all
Frenchmen
in
Quebec.
– The Hunters of the Hills by Joseph Altsheler
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"
It
is
true,"
she
says, "
we
were
unable
to
visit
any
of
the
great
centres
of
population,
or
to
travel
amongst
the
independent
tribes,
but
we
saw
several
aouls
on
the
banks
of
the
Kouban,
and
were
entertained
in
a
princely
family,
and
nowhere
did
we
meet
with
any
of
those
surpassing
beauties
whom
more
fortunate
travellers
have
celebrated."
– Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W. H. Davenport Adams