surpassingly

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On the the theory that the Beatles were so surpassingly great that they would have succeeded at any time, they’re just too astonishing, I say that it's not at all clear that's true.

From Salon • May 25, 2024

“Going for Truth” is a valuable primer on one of the most important filmmakers of the 20th century and, most important, the chronicle of a surpassingly decent man.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

"The play is beautifully acted but surpassingly bleak," said Matt Wolf of the New York Times.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023

But because those files had been processed separately, it became difficult — surpassingly so, in some cases — to combine data from the two into single files that are accurate, yet still protect privacy.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2022

And so I am left to my wits, which in fact are prodigiously keen and surpassingly wise: I enter a town, with my crutch and my cry: “Food for the famished! Alms for the poor!”

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz