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Webster 1913 Edition
Outlying
Out′lyˊing
,Adj.
Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached.
Webster 1828 Edition
Outlying
OUTLY'ING
, a.1.
Lying or being at a distance from the main body or design.2.
Being on the exterior or frontier.Definition 2024
outlying
outlying
English
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.
Translations
relatively remote from some central location
Related terms
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