outlying
Origin of outlying
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How to use outlying in a sentence
On the more outlying ledges some sea-fowl, themselves seeking food, still linger fearlessly.
The Land of Fire | Mayne ReidThe village itself mounted to very little, but thirty or more outlying farms belonged to it.
The Village Rector | Honore de BalzacThe more outlying blocks only boasting a house or shanty here and there.
The Matabele Campaign | R. S. S. Baden-PowellInformation to this purpose, however, can now be furnished from a more outlying region.
In several of the more outlying districts sheer famine began to grow imminent.
The White Blackbird | Hudson Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for outlying
/ (ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ) /
distant or remote from the main body or centre, as of a town or region
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