What does outlying mean?
Definitions for outlying
ˈaʊtˌlaɪ ɪŋout·ly·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
outlying(a)adjective
relatively far from a center or middle
"outlying settlements"
Wiktionary
outlyingadjective
Relatively remote from some central location.
The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament.
outlyingadjective
Located outside of some boundary or limit.
When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Outlyingpart. adj.
Not in the common course of order. Removed from something else.
Etymology: out and lie.
The last survey I proposed of the four out-lying empires, was that of the Arabians. William Temple.
We have taken all the out-lying parts of the Spanish monarchy, and made impressions upon the very heart of it. Addis.
ChatGPT
outlying
Outlying refers to something that is situated at a distance from a center or main body, often on the outer edges or remote from the main areas. It could apply to locations, observations in data, etc. which are far from the norm or standard.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Outlying
owt′lī-ing, adj. lying out or beyond: remote: on the exterior or frontier: detached.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
outlying
Lying or being at a distance from the main body; as, outlying pickets. Also, being on the exterior or frontier.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of outlying in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of outlying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of outlying in a Sentence
They have moved stockpiles (to outlying districts) because they knew they wouldn't hold the city for long. encyclopedia.
This is less' the city versus the suburbs' and more' Manhattan versus the suburbs,' the outlying areas around the city are benefiting from outbound migration of Manhattan specifically.
The fastest-growing places in the country have been the suburbs of big Sun Belt metros, the outlying portions of [ places like ] Austin or Phoenix.
Normally by March, these waters would be frozen over, a layer of ice so thick that people would take their snowmobiles from town to outlying areas, but the last time they froze was a decade ago.
The phone network being down makes things incredibly difficult, it's meant that it's taken a lot longer to actually find out what's happening in some of the outlying islands, and so the sooner the communications can get back up and running, the better.
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