exceeding

All this was said with such exceeding rapidity, that there was something in the conversation that seemed like the beginning of delirium.

THE HARES, oppressed by their own exceeding timidity and weary of the perpetual alarm to which they were exposed, with one accord determined to put an end to themselves and their troubles by jumping from a lofty precipice into a deep lake below.

Various rumors were afloat to the effect that the owners of the Pharaon had promised to attend the nuptial feast; but all seemed unanimous in doubting that an act of such rare and exceeding condescension could possibly be intended.

It was eleven when they got home, sated with dissipation, but with the exceeding sweet pleasure of talking it all over still to come.