outlying

Definition

Relatively remote from some central location.

Etymology

From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.

Example Sentences

• "The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament."
• "During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. legacy of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on."
• "Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation."

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