outlying
adjective
- adjective, describes something that is relatively far from a central location
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English outlie English -ing English outlying From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.
- Relatively remote from some central location.
“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.”
- Located outside of some boundary or limit.
“When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English outlie English -ing English outlying From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.
- A region relatively remote from a central location.
“The other areas and the outlyings will have to come in at a later date, although the council wrestles with that periodically. But the amount of money involved would be substantial.”