Outlying places are far away from the main cities of a country.
Tourists can visit outlying areas like the Napa Valley Wine Country.
The main industry on the outlying islands is farming.
Synonyms: remote, isolated, distant, outer More Synonyms of outlying
outlying in British English
(ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ)
adjective
distant or remote from the main body or centre, as of a town or region
outlying in American English
(ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ)
adjective
relatively far out from a certain point or center; remote
Examples of 'outlying' in a sentence
outlying
Many had been brought in convoys from outlying districts.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Government troops were reported to have captured two districts near the outlying university.
The Sun (2015)
Things get livelier on the outlying islands.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The tendency was to try to influence outlying areas without actually controlling them.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
It brought in and housed people from outlying areas so that they could vote.
Michael Burleigh Earthly Powers: Religion and Politics in Europe from the Enlightenment to the GreatWar (2005)
The jumbo train is an ancient wagon that brings bodies into the city from outlying districts to be burnt.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The kiosks were placed in post offices and convenience stores in outlying areas so that people could look for work themselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The cobbler's family had come from one of the outlying villages.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
Hence the area seems to survive economic blips and downturns that might affect outlying areas of London.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Look to outlying districts: yes, a map would help.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I don't want to speak to you about the prevailing crisis in morality that is part of the outlying districts here.
Christianity Today (2000)
This was a now unimaginable era of almost full employment in Doncaster, with its engineering works and outlying pit villages.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Bright sunshine gave way to a ten-minute snow flurry and then it was sunshine again, magically lighting up the sea and outlying islands.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
At the end of a dusty trip to an outlying village of skeletons, I would have ravenous hunger.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
There are also concerns that widespread and prolonged industrial action will affect the tourist infrastructure, disrupting transport links, power supplies and logistics to outlying islands.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Highway 6 was to allow people from outlying areas to access big cities without driving through them, and give people from cities fast access to rural areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
outlying
British English: outlying ADJECTIVE
Outlying places are far away from the main cities of a country.
Tourists can also visit outlying areas.
American English: outlying
Brazilian Portuguese: afastado
Chinese: 边远的
European Spanish: remoto
French: écarté
German: entlegen
Italian: periferico
Japanese: 中心から離れた
Korean: 외곽의
European Portuguese: afastado
Latin American Spanish: remoto
Chinese translation of 'outlying'
outlying
(ˈautlaɪɪŋ)
adj
远(遠)离(離)中心的 (yuǎnlí zhōngxīn de)
(adjective)
Definition
far away from the main area
Refugees are making their way into the town from outlying areas.
Synonyms
remote
a remote farm in the hills
isolated
Many of the refugee areas are in isolated areas.
distant
the war in that distant land
outer
the outer suburbs of the city
provincial
out-of-the-way
peripheral
far-off
secluded
We found a secluded beach further on.
far-flung
faraway
They had just returned from faraway places.
in the middle of nowhere
off the beaten track
backwoods
godforsaken
I don't want to stay in this God-forsaken country.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of distant
Definition
far-off
the war in that distant land
Synonyms
far-off,
far,
remote,
removed,
abroad,
out-of-the-way,
far-flung,
faraway,
outlying,
afar
in the sense of faraway
Definition
very distant
They had just returned from faraway places.
Synonyms
distant,
far,
remote,
far-off,
far-removed,
far-flung,
outlying,
beyond the horizon
in the sense of godforsaken
Definition
desolate or dreary
I don't want to stay in this God-forsaken country.