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outlying

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out⋅ly⋅ing

  [out-lahy-ing]
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–adjective
1. lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way: outlying military posts.
2. lying outside the boundary or limit.
Origin:
1655–65; out- + lying 2
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out·ly·ing   (out'lī'ĭng)   
adj.  Relatively distant or remote from a center or middle: outlying regions.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

outlying 
"outside certain limits," 1663, from out + lying. Meaning "remote from the center" is first recorded 1689.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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