SURPASSING

• (adj.) far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

  "a night of exceeding darkness", "an exceptional memory", "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy", "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"

  synonyms : exceeding , exceptional , olympian , prodigious

  My grandmother has a prodigious memory, and can clearly remember incidents that occurred 70 years ago. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

  synonyms : transcendent

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