Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exceeding \Ex*ceed"ing\, adv.
   In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [Archaic. It
   is not joined to verbs.] ``The voice exceeding loud.''
   --Keble.

         His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow.
                                                  --Mark ix. 3.

         The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.

Exceed \Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exceeded}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Exceeding}.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or
   beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc['e]der.
   See {Cede}.]
   To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit
   or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good
   and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk,
   stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds
   another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.

         Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days.
                                                  --Shak.

         Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.

   Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie;
        overtop.

Exceeding \Ex*ceed"ing\, a.
   More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient;
   measureless. ``The exceeding riches of his grace.'' --Eph.
   ii. 7. -- {Ex*ceed"ing*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.

Source : WordNet®

exceeding
     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" [syn: {exceptional}, {olympian},
            {prodigious}, {surpassing}]