outlying
adjective
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Definition of outlying
: remote from a center or main body
outlying areas
Examples of outlying in a Sentence
the outlying areas of the city
Recent Examples on the Web
At Po Lam, an outlying neighborhood, demonstrators confronted a station supervisor who later sought treatment in hospital for minor injuries. — Washington Post, "Under Hong Kong鈥檚 streets, the subway becomes a battleground for protesters and police," 12 Sep. 2019 Earlier Saturday, skiffs shuttled between outlying fishing villages and McLean鈥檚 Town, a settlement of a few dozen homes at the eastern end of Grand Bahama island, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) from Florida鈥檚 Atlantic coast. — Ram贸n Espinosa, Twin Cities, "Dorian strikes Bahamas with record fury as Category 5 storm," 1 Sep. 2019 Wakole was raised in the Northwest Arctic, spending time at camp and in Kotzebue and occasionally in the outlying villages. — Anchorage Daily News, "Woman with Northwest Arctic roots breaks silence on sexual abuse in memoir," 23 Dec. 2018 However, those outlying areas are responsible for as much as 20 percent of Russia's GDP and are central to tapping into natural resources. — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, "Russia is Sailing a 'Floating Chernobyl' Into the Arctic," 26 Aug. 2019 The day鈥檚 main showdown took place on a major drag in the outlying Tsuen Wan district following a protest march that ended in a nearby park. — Kin Cheung, The Denver Post, "Hong Kong police draw guns, arrest 36 in latest protest," 25 Aug. 2019 The skirmish on a main drag in the outlying Tsuen Wan district followed a march that ended in a nearby park. — NBC News, "Hong Kong police use water cannon on protesters as pro-democracy fight continues," 25 Aug. 2019 The cities of Tuscaloosa and Auburn are also working with their respective universities and outlying areas through the East and West Alabama Recycling Partnerships to expand their hubs and grow their spokes. — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al.com, "Florence shows one way to bring recycling to rural Alabama," 20 June 2019 The number of cases in the city center is still low, according to Doctors Without Borders, but that number is rising quickly in more outlying districts and suburbs. — Cathleen O'grady, Ars Technica, "Ebola outbreak reaches city of 1 million residents," 14 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'outlying.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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outlying
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of outlying
: far away from the center of a place
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outlying
adjective
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Kids Definition of outlying
: being far from a central point : remote
We saw outlying parts of the city.
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