transcendingadj.
/trɑːnˈsɛndɪŋ//tranˈsɛndɪŋ/ That transcends; surpassing; supereminent; transcendent.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adjective]
sunderlyOE
noblec1330
precellentc1384
passantc1385
especialc1386
passinga1387
surmountingc1407
superlative?a1430
precelling?1435
pre-eminenta1460
outrepassed1477
divine1488
pre-excellenta1500
superexcellent1508
transcending1528
pre-ordinate1543
exceeding1552
superexcelling1554
exquisite1578
surpassingc1580
summary1587
paragon1593
transcendent1598
overmatchful1609
termless1609
overtoppinga1615
paramounta1626
overtowering1639
surpassant1654
transcendental1701
superior1711
towery1731
prize1739
supernala1817
tiptopsome1819
tip-topping1826
par excellence1839
superfine1850
towering1894
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective]
excellentc1384
transcending1528
surpassingc1580
excellinga1586
overmatching1590
transcendent1598
overmatchful1609
outdoing1679
outvying1757
outbidding1830
1528 [implied in: J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Aii Excellently enformed and transcendingly sped in moche high connyng. (at transcendingly adv. at Derivatives)].
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Trascendente, transcending, transcendent.
1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. xiii. 113 A building of that transcending loftinesse.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xii. 216 Man..being endowed with the transcending Faculty of Reason.
1852 A. Jameson Legends Madonna 196 An angel..might well prostrate himself as witness of the transcending miracle.
Derivatives
tranˈscendingly adv. transcendently.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adverb]
sovereignlyc1340
excellentlyc1400
by (an, way of) excellencec1450
transcendingly1528
exquisitely1535
precellently?1567
divinely1582
par excellence1584
pre-eminently1590
superlatively1596
surpassing1598
by (way of) eminency1608
superexcellently1615
by (way of) eminence1621
transcendently1623
surpassingly1658
exquisitively1660
par eminence1823
heavenlike1832
transcendentally1870
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adverb]
excellentlyc1400
transcendingly1528
transcendently1623
overshadowingly1842
unsurpassably1859
1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Aii Excellently enformed and transcendingly sped in moche high connyng.
1817 A. Bonar Serm. II. xx. 443 How transcendingly glorious does he appear!
tranˈscendingness n. transcendence.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [noun]
pricea1275
sovereigntyc1340
primacyc1384
sublimityc1429
vassalagec1430
precellence?a1439
pre-excellencec1450
pre-eminencec1460
superexcellencec1475
chief1519
pre-eminency1523
greaterness1540
precellency1557
superexcellency?1563
divinenessa1586
superancya1586
sublimenessa1599
pre-excellency1603
especialness1614
transcendencea1616
transcendency1615
transcendentness1625
top1627
antecellency1657
quality1665
transcendingness1730
transcendentalism1841
surpassingness1879
transcendentality1881
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Transcendentness, Transcendingness, Surpassingness.
1874 E. B. Pusey Lenten Serm. 306 ‘That the transcendingness of the power’, they say, ‘may be of God, and not from us’.
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