Pȧss'ing1, a.
a. Exceeding; surpassing; eminent. “Her passing deformity.” Shak.
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a. Exceeding; surpassing; eminent. “Her passing deformity.” Shak.
adv. Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; very greatly; as, passing fair; passing strange.
You apprehend passing shrewdly. Shak.