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outlying

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Word definitions for outlying in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"outside certain limits," 1660s, from out + present participle of lie (v.2). Meaning "remote from the center" is first recorded 1680s.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES outlying areas (= far from the centre of a town, village etc ) ▪ The programme also includes plans to reforest outlying areas of the city. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN area ▪ Our ability to supply gas in outlying ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outlying \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.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 relatively remote from some central location. 2 Located outside of some boundary or limit. n. A region relatively remote from a central location.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relatively far from a center or middle; "outlying settlements" [syn: outlying(a) ]

Usage examples of outlying.

At the same time, the outlying consulates of Dushaun on Onerir and elsewhere in the Allegiancy have been emptied.

The outlying fields grew first garish with golden ragweed and scarlet poppies, and then dull green again with the brown-knotted rushes and sombre sedge, and all other marish growths, until the re-annexation was complete, and they once more were homogeneous part and parcel of the conquering bog.

The minster and its outlying buildings, the library, and the university were destroyed, and only one of three canons remained in residence.

There is where he should have been, there with the mountainy men, but by the time the tired rider had brought the news to Selui, and by the time Hull had reached Ormiston, it was already too late, and Ozarky was but an outlying province of the expanding Empire, while the Master camped there above Norse, and sent representations to Selui.

In reconnoitring, in distributing proclamations, in collecting arms, in overawing outlying districts, weak columns must be used.

Samuel the First insisted on doing so after the war, as a means of further disrupting outlying communities and distracting them from the business of restablishing a new Government.

From the vine-yard and the vine-press, from the bouvary or ox-farm, from the marl-pits and salterns, even from the distant iron-works of Sowley and the outlying grange of St.

And of the outlying towers, only my sangar remains, which lies between this spot and Khoruk.

The Sarpent has come up one side of the river, and I have come up the other, in order to scout for the outlying rascals, while Jasper brought up the canoe, like a bold-hearted sailor as he is.

It was here that we reached the outer boundaries of Akkadian rule, and bid farewell to our escort, who would remain, supplementing the garrison of an outlying Akkadian fortress.

In 1670 he penetrated to an outlying Algonkin village, never before visited by a white man.

Ignoring the insult would only invite further attacks on outlying Bactrian farms and trade routes.

Hall, Foxholes, Bearwood, the Vicarage of Mosely, and their outlying acquaintances, their yeomen and their labourers, lived as old-fashioned and hearty a life as if the battle of Sedgemoor had never been fought.

As Tarzan neared the city his interest became centered upon the architecture of the outlying buildings which were hewn from the chalklike limestone of what had once been a group of low hills, similar to the many grass-covered hillocks that dotted the valley in every direction.

There are but three, or at most four groups that could be defined as distinct clusters, and even in the case of these the disposition is so irregular and their boundaries so ill defined, through the great number of outlying small groups scattered about, that they can hardly be considered distinct.