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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)

  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.

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Noun

outlying (plural outlyings)

  1. 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.

References

  • outlying” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • outlying in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913