The Only Use
transcendent
in
The Great Gatsby
(Edited)
- This is a valley of ashes — a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.
p. 23.4transcendent = beyond the ordinary range of human experience
Definitions:
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(1)
(transcendent) beyond the ordinary range of human experience or understanding
or:
surpassing usual limits of excellence - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)