outlying
11outlying — /owt luy ing/, adj. 1. lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out of the way: outlying military posts. 2. lying outside the boundary or limit. [1655 65; OUT + LYING2] * * * …
12outlying — adj. Outlying is used with these nouns: ↑area, ↑district, ↑farm, ↑island, ↑region, ↑settlement, ↑suburb, ↑village …
13outlying — out|ly|ing [ˈautˌlaı ıŋ] adj [only before noun] far from the centre of a city, town etc or from a main building ▪ one of the outlying suburbs …
14outlying — out|ly|ing [ aut,laııŋ ] adjective only before noun existing outside and away from a particular place: ferry services to outlying islands …
15outlying — adjective remote: an outlying village …
16outlying — adjective people in the outlying areas had little interest in the politics of the city Syn: distant, remote, outer, out of the way, faraway, extrasolar, far flung, inaccessible, off the beaten track/path …
17outlying — UK [ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ] / US adjective [only before noun] existing outside and away from a particular place ferry services to outlying islands …
18outlying — [ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ] adj existing away from a particular place outlying islands[/ex] …
19Outlying Islands — may refer to: Outlying Islands, Hong Kong, islands outside mainland New Territories, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong Islands District, Hong Kong, a Hong Kong district Outlying Islands (play) United States Minor Outlying Islands Islands… …
20Outlying Islands Ferry Pier — at early time Outlying Islands Ferry Pier (Chinese:港外線碼頭) means the ferry piers which provide ferry service outside Victoria Harbour in Central, Hong Kong. It now refers to …
