outlying

  • 31outlying picket — Picket Pick et, n. [F. piquet, properly dim. of pique spear, pike. See {Pike}, and cf. {Piquet}.] 1. A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 32outlying — Synonyms and related words: apparent, cortical, distant, epidermic, exomorphic, exterior, external, extraneous, extraorganismal, extrinsic, far, far flung, far off, faraway, farthest, foreign, fringe, furthest, impersonal, nonsubjective,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 33outlying — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. distant, suburban, remote; frontier. See distance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. afar, far off, external, out of the way, peripheral; see also distant 1 , remote 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 34outlying — aÊŠtlaɪɪŋ adj. remote, distant; solitary …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 35outlying — a. 1. Remote, distant. 2. Exterior, frontier, bounding …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 36outlying — adj remote, distant, faraway, a long way off, Inf. a good ways off, far off; detached, isolated, inaccessible, out of the way, secluded, insular, lonely, forsaken, Godforsaken, in a backwater, forgotten by the world; unfrequented, off the beaten… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 37outlying — out•ly•ing [[t]ˈaʊtˌlaɪ ɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote 2) lying outside the boundary • Etymology: 1655–65 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38outlying — /ˈaʊtlaɪɪŋ / (say owtluying) adjective 1. lying at a distance from the centre or the main body; remote; out of the way. 2. lying outside the boundary or limit …

  • 39outlying — adj. situated far from a centre; remote …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 40outlying tackle — fishing tackle set in the water …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

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