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Definition of Outlying
1. Adjective. Relatively far from a center or middle. "Outlying settlements"
Definition of Outlying
1. a. Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached.
Definition of Outlying
1. Adjective. Relatively remote from some central location. ¹
2. Adjective. Located outside of some boundary or limit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outlying
1. outlie [v] - See also: outlie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outlying
Literary usage of Outlying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law by John Austin (1885)
"For the governors of these outlying provinces (like the ... As between Provincials
of his own province, the governor of an outlying province regularly ..."
2. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1902)
"30, 72 ; in outlying Southern Suburbs (West), 102, 124, 126; in outlying Southern
Suburbs (East), 140, 144 — savings banks and provident c'.ubs, ..."
3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The incentives for this migration from the cities were the lower rents, lower
cost of living, and, in general, better sanitary conditions of the outlying ..."
4. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1922)
"Commercial importance of outlying possessions of the United States,. The trade
with Alaska, 99. The trade with the Hawaiian Islands, 101. ..."
5. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"Other outlying Greek lands and cities became so mixed up with the history of the
Asiatic kingdoms that they will come in for a mention along with them. ..."
6. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The Greek colonies in Dalmatia had played their part in the first Illyrian war ;
but the land itself, whose cities were to become an outlying fringe of ..."
7. The Desert of the Exodus: Journeys on Foot in the Wilderness of the Forty by Edward Henry Palmer (1871)
"THE outlying DISTRICTS OF SINAT. Ascent of Umm Shomer: view from the summit; ...
WE had now to make a tour of the principal outlying mountains and valleys ..."
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