Sekirov Dictionary

outlying

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

•
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.

noun1

•
A region relatively remote from a central location.
- 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

forms

outlyings · more outlying · most outlying

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