literaryBETTER much better than that of other people or things 出色的,卓越的SYN outstanding
a picture of surpassing beauty
一幅优美绝伦的画作
Examples from the Corpus
surpassing• Tuesday's performance was outstanding, vivid and of surpassingclarity.• Some related moments of surpassingjoy or a serenity for which they could not rationally account.