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outlying

[out-lahy-ing]

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adjective

lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way: outlying military posts.

lying outside the boundary or limit.

Origin:
1655–65; out- + lying²

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outlying (ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ)

—*adj*
	distant or remote from the main body or centre, as of a town or region

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Word Origin & History

outlying

"outside certain limits," 1663, from out + lying. Meaning "remote from the center" is first recorded 1689.

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