outlyingout‧ly‧ing /ˈaʊtˌlaɪ-ɪŋ/ adjective [only before noun]Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
outlying farm communities
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
But presently the crowd loosened into smaller groups and a good many people went off into the village or set off for outlying farms.
In addition to the palatial and leafy suburbs, there are areas of inner-city terraced housing awaiting redevelopment and large outlying council estates.
Just ahead lay the outlying volcanic islands of To Shima and Nii Shima, and the wind carried us slantwise between them.
Many other botanists have also visited the remote and outlying islands during the period under discussion.
Our ability to supply gas in outlying areas has been considerably improved in joint 26A co-operation with our P.E. manufacturers.
Reports of the battle of Gettysburg took a year or more to reach the outlying frontier territories.
Some outlying villages were still under several feet of water yesterday and weathermen warned of more to come in the holiday weekend.
This caused considerable movement in outlying regions.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►outlying areas
(=far from the centre of a town, village etc)· The programme also includes plans to reforest outlying areas of the city.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►area
· Our ability to supply gas in outlying areas has been considerably improved in joint 26A co-operation with our P.E. manufacturers.· Previously, most local grain was ground in the many small mills around the city and outlying areas.· No recreation was arranged for those of us in outlying areas.· However, visitors from outlying areas to attend football matches will contribute substantially to the local economy of the cities mentioned above.· This could be considerable particularly in the outlying areas.· The effect of population movement on the social structures of outlying areas.· So success rates in urban areas, where representation is more likely to be present, were higher than in outlying areas.· Local people say there are many such flags flying in the outlying areas.
►island
· Nor were the outlying islands being overlooked.· Many other botanists have also visited the remote and outlying islands during the period under discussion.· Lookouts on outlying islands warned fishing villages of approaching whales, whereupon great numbers of men in small boats gave chase.
►village
· His constant travelling to outlying villages to hold clinics was only mildly odd.· Some outlying villages were still under several feet of water yesterday and weathermen warned of more to come in the holiday weekend.· However, outlying villages had been attacked and the city's rail link with Phnom Penh was frequently severed.· Another 140,000 are starving in the outlying villages.· Volunteers run 17 luncheon clubs and three coffee bars around Bassetlaw, many of them in small outlying villages.· He had found her in one of the outlying villages.· There is no Tube and the buses from outlying villages come round like general elections.
far from the centre of a city, town etc or from a main building: one of the outlying suburbs