The Only Use of
transcendent
in
The Great Gatsby
- 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
Definition:
beyond the ordinary range of human experience or understanding
or:
surpassing usual limits of excellence
or:
surpassing usual limits of excellence