Outlying

noun

Word Frequency: 1.5

Definitions

1.nounA region relatively remote from a central location.

2.adjectiveRelatively remote from some central location.

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

3.adjectiveLocated outside of some boundary or limit.

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

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