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Meaning of outlying

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

outlying

noun

Definitions

  1. A region relatively remote from a central location.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Relatively remote from some central location.

    Example: The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament.

  2. Located outside of some boundary or limit.

    Example: When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory.