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▪ I. excelling, vbl. n.|ɛkˈsɛlɪŋ|
[f. excel + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. excel; also an instance of the same.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 125 Their excellyng is but in mouth and in boastyng. 1824Scott Redgauntlet let. v, They [thy two last letters] excel (though the task was difficult) thy usual excellings.
▪ II. exˈcelling, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That excels; superior, surpassing. Now only in good sense. † Of a number: Exceedingly great.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 67 They are excelling parts of Poesie. 1604Shakes. Oth. v. ii. 11 Thou cunning'st Patterne of excelling Nature. 1646H. Lawrence Comm. Angells 5 The Divell hath a most excelling malice. 1663Gerbier Counsel D iij b, That may in time make up an excelling number. 1742Richardson Pamela IV. 334 The excelling Youth should be set to read..a little Portion from the best Translations. 1850A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. Introd. 20 These communities produced some of the most excelling of the early artists. 1879C. Rossetti Seek & F. 34 The Law..was not glorious, as compared with the excelling glory of the Gospel.
Hence exˈcellingly adv., exˈcellingness, the state or quality of excelling; = excellence.
1621Lady M. Wroth Urania 452 Make mee excellingly vnfortunate. 1701Beverley Glory of Grace 31 It is raised to that Excellingness, that, etc. |