outlying
English
Etymology
From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.
Adjective
outlying (comparative more outlying, superlative most outlying)
- Relatively remote from some central location.
- The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament.
- Located outside of some boundary or limit.
- When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory.
Synonyms
- (relatively remote): distant, far; see also Thesaurus:distant
Related terms
Translations
relatively remote from some central location
Noun
outlying (plural outlyings)
- A region relatively remote from a central location.
- 1975, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution Control Act of 1972: Effect on Small Communities
- 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.
- 1975, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution Control Act of 1972: Effect on Small Communities
References
- “outlying”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “outlying”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.