Helen of Troy was a surpassing beauty.
a gracious damsel and surpassing fair.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
sur|pass|ing — «suhr PAS ihng, PAHS », adjective, adverb. –adj. greatly exceeding or excelling others; of the highest degree or quality: »Helen of Troy was a surpassing beauty. –adv. Poetic. in a surpassing degree; exceedingly: »a gracious damsel and surpassing … Useful english dictionary
sur|pass´ing|ness — sur|pass|ing «suhr PAS ihng, PAHS », adjective, adverb. –adj. greatly exceeding or excelling others; of the highest degree or quality: »Helen of Troy was a surpassing beauty. –adv. Poetic. in a surpassing degree; exceedingly: »a gracious damsel… … Useful english dictionary
sur·pass·ing — … Useful english dictionary
sur — sur·a·min; sur·anal; sur·base; sur·based; sur·cin·gle; sur·coat; sur·cu·lose; sur·cu·lus; sur·excitation; sur·face·ly; sur·face·man; sur·fac·er; sur·fac·tant; sur·facy; sur·feit·er; sur·fi·cial; sur·fuse; sur·fu·sion; sur·gen·cy; sur·gent;… … English syllables
pass — com·pass·able; com·pass·less; en·com·pass·ment; pass; pass·able; pass·ably; pass·er·by; pass·gang; pass·ing·ly; pass·ing·ness; pass·less; pass·man; pass·port·less; re·pass; sur·pass; sur·pass·er; sur·pass·ing·ly; tres·pass·er; un·re·pass·able;… … English syllables
ing — aborn·ing; aw·ing; bear·ing; be·ing; bell·ing; berth·ing; bind·ing; boul·der·ing; brok·ing; brown·ing; cheese·par·ing; cleans·ing; clos·ing; con·cern·ing; con·sid·er·ing; cop·ing; cov·er·ing; crack·ing; crown·ing; duck·ing; dur·ing; en·dur·ing;… … English syllables
pass — [[t]pɑ͟ːs, pæ̱s[/t]] ♦ passes, passing, passed 1) VERB To pass someone or something means to go past them without stopping. [V n] As she passed the library door, the telephone began to ring... Jane stood aside to let her pass... [V ing] I sat in… … English dictionary
surpassingly — sur·pass·ing·ly … English syllables
surpassing — sur•pass•ing [[t]sərˈpæs ɪŋ, ˈpɑ sɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) of a large amount or high degree; exceeding or excelling 2) archaic in a surpassing manner; extraordinarily • Etymology: 1570–80 sur•pass′ing•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
surpassing — sur|pass|ing [səˈpa:sıŋ US sərˈpæ ] adj [only before noun] literary much better than that of other people or things ▪ a picture of surpassing beauty … Dictionary of contemporary English
