Outlying
adj, noun
adj, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A region relatively remote from a central location.
"The other areas and the outlyings will have to come in at a later date, although the council wrestles with that periodically. But the amount of money involved would be substantial."
Adjective
- 1 Relatively remote from some central location.
"The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament."
- 2 Located outside of some boundary or limit.
"When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory."
Adjective
- 1 relatively far from a center or middle wordnet
Example
More examples"A steep curve of heath-clad land, an outlying spur of the moor, lay in front of us."
Etymology
From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.
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