outlying
1Outlying — Out ly ing, a. Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached. [1913 Webster] …
2outlying — index peripheral, provincial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3outlying — (adj.) outside certain limits, 1660s, from OUT (Cf. out) + LYING (Cf. lying) (1). Meaning remote from the center is first recorded 1680s …
4outlying — [adj] in rural area; remote afar, backwoods, distant, external, faraway, far flung*, far off, off lying, outer, out of the way*, peripheral, provincial, removed; concept 583 Ant. central, inner, middle …
5outlying — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ situated far from a centre …
6outlying — [out′lī΄iŋ] adj. relatively far out from a certain point or center; remote …
7outlying — [[t]a͟ʊtlaɪɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Outlying places are far away from the main cities of a country. Tourists can visit outlying areas like the Napa Valley Wine Country... The main industry on the outlying islands is farming. Syn: remote …
8outlying — adjective a) Relatively remote from some central location. The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament. b) Located outside of some boundary or limit. When the map w …
9outlying — adjective (only before noun) far from the centre of a city, town etc or from a main building: one of the outlying suburbs | the outlying barns …
10outlying — adjective Date: circa 1690 remote from a center or main body < outlying areas > …
