MEANING
Situated away from a center, especially toward the outer parts of a region.
Use it for
Center-edge relations; dispersed public services; administrative reachOrient the reader from an established center outward.
Words that belong together
- outlying district
- outlying settlement
- outlying area
On the page
The library van visited the outlying settlements every Tuesday.
An outlying district supplied most of the city's factory workers.
Even the outlying neighborhoods were connected by frequent buses.
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Word forms
- Base
- outlying
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Relational position rather than absolute remoteness. An outlying district can still be well connected. Usually non-gradable; farther out is more natural than more outlying.
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