outlying
/ˈaʊtlˌaɪɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relatively remote from some central location.
adj
Located outside of some boundary or limit.
noun
A region relatively remote from a central location.
Example Sentences
- "The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament."
- "During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. legacy of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on."
- "Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation."
- "The causeways were laid as hard paths for heavily laden pack-animals bringing in wool from outlying hamlets and farms."
- "When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory."
- "The other areas and the outlyings will have to come in at a later date, although the council wrestles with that periodically. But the amount of money involved would be substantial."