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outlying

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out·ly·ing  (outlng)
adj.
Relatively distant or remote from a center or middle: outlying regions.

outlying [ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ]
adj
distant or remote from the main body or centre, as of a town or region
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.outlying - relatively far from a center or middle; "outlying settlements"
far - located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"

outlying
adjective remote, isolated, distant, outer, provincial, out-of-the-way, peripheral, far-off, secluded, far-flung, faraway, in the middle of nowhere, off the beaten track, backwoods, godforsaken Refugees are making their way into the town from outlying areas.
Translations
outlying [ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ] ADJ (= distant) [towns, villages] → remoto, lejano; (= surrounding) [areas] → periférico; [suburb] → periférico, circundante

outlying [ˈaʊtlaɪɪŋ] adj [area] → écarté(e)

outlying [ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ] adj (distant) → fuori mano; (outside town boundary) → periferico/a
outlying [ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ] adj (distant) → fuori mano; (outside town boundary) → periferico/a

outlying
adj outlying [ˈautlaiiŋ]
distant, far from a city etc outlying villages. afgeleë, ver verwyderd بَعيد عن المَرْكِز отдалечен odlehlý afsides liggende entlegen απόμερος, απομακρυσμένος remoto, lejano kõrvaline دور افتاده kaukainen écarté, isolé מְרוָּחק दूर udaljen távoli jauh afskekktur isolato へんぴな 외딴 atokus, nuošalus attāls; nomaļš jauh dr bandar itu afgelegen avsidesliggende odległy distante îndepărtat удалённый odľahlý oddaljen udaljen avsides belägen, avlägsen ที่ห่างไกล uzaktaki, uzakta bulunan 邊遠的,遠離城鎮的 далекий; віддалений دور افتادہ xa thành phố


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The outlying villages, they say, are by them called {kappa omega mu alpha iota}, by the Athenians {delta eta mu iota}: and they assume that Comedians were so named not from {kappa omega mu 'alpha zeta epsilon iota nu}, 'to revel,' but because they wandered from village to village (kappa alpha tau alpha / kappa omega mu alpha sigma), being excluded contemptuously from the city.
He stood with his back to the boy looking steadily at the dark line of outlying scrub, seeing in reality nothing, yet keenly anxious that the red light of the dancing flames should not fall upon his face.
From the vine-yard and the vine-press, from the bouvary or ox-farm, from the marl-pits and salterns, even from the distant iron-works of Sowley and the outlying grange of St.
 
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