outlying
outlying adjective: relatively remote from some central location.
Adjective
outlying (comparative more outlying, superlative most outlying)
- Relatively remote from some central location.
- The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament.
- During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former...1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 224
- Synonyms:
- distant
- Located outside of some boundary or limit.
- When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory.
Noun
outlying (plural outlyings)
- 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, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution Control Act of 1972: Effect on Small Communities
outlying meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
outlying in Tamil
- தொலைவிலுள்ள, வெளியிடத்துள்ள
outlying in Urdu
- علیحدہ, بعید, دور
outlying in Bengali
- কেন্দ্র থেকে দূরে অবস্থিত, প্রান্তীয়, বহিঃস্থ
outlying in Malayalam
- outer, distant, remote
- ഏറ്റവും അകലെ കിടക്കുന്ന, ദൂരെയുള്ള, അതിർത്തിയിലുള്ള, വിദൂരമായ, അകലെയുള്ള, വളരെ അകലെയുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- outlying in Kannada
- ಸರಹದ್ದಿನ, ಹೊರಗಿನ
Examples of outlying in a sentence
- Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation.1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 155, 157:
- The causeways were laid as hard paths for heavily laden pack-animals bringing in wool from outlying hamlets and farms.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications, page 58:
Synonyms of outlying
Forms of outlying
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more outlying |
| superlative | most outlying |
| Noun | |
| plural | outlyings |
Origin of outlying
From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.
Words formed from outlying
Phrases with outlying
Questions about outlying
- What does outlying mean?
- Outlying means relatively remote from some central location.
- What is outlying in Tamil?
- Outlying in Tamil is தொலைவிலுள்ள, வெளியிடத்துள்ள. See Outlying meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use outlying in a sentence?
- Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation.
- What part of speech is outlying?
- Outlying can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near outlying in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: outlying (page history and authors); outlying (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outlying (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outlying (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outlying (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); outlying (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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