surpassing
     adj 1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in
            excellence [syn: {transcendent}]
     2: 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" [syn: {exceeding}, {exceptional},
         {olympian}, {prodigious}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0