The meaning of Outlying

plural noun

Remote uncleared forest land.

Usage examples:

Backwoods homesteads

plural noun

A place that is off by itself, not near to transportation or a larger town

Usage examples:

I grew up in the backwoods of north carolina.

adjective

Far away in space or time.

Usage examples:

Distant parts of the world

adjective

Far away in space or time

Usage examples:

She dreamed of traveling to distant lands., we could hear the sound of distant thunder.

adjective

Far away

Usage examples:

A distant country, she could hear the distant sound of fireworks exploding.

adjective

Used to refer to places that are a great distance away, or something that is spread over a very large area

Usage examples:

She has travelled to the most far-flung corners of the world.

adjective

Distant in space or time.

Usage examples:

Exotic and faraway locations

adjective

Lying at a great distance away

Usage examples:

The story told of strange customs in faraway lands.

adjective

Unable to be reached.

Usage examples:

A remote and inaccessible cave

adjective

Difficult or impossible to reach

Usage examples:

The place is inaccessible except by trail., environmental dialog has become the domain of experts, …

adjective

Not easy to get or be used

Usage examples:

The site is inaccessible during program updates., be inaccessible to sb scientific collections are …

adjective

Not discovered or known about; uncertain.

Usage examples:

His origins and parentage are obscure

verb

Keep from being seen; conceal.

Usage examples:

Grey clouds obscure the sun

adjective

Not known to many people

Usage examples:

An obscure 18th-century painter, official policy has changed for reasons that remain obscure.

phrase

(of a place) remote or secluded.

Usage examples:

We're too out of the way for mains electricity

phrase

Dealt with or finished.

Usage examples:

Economic recovery will begin once the election is out of the way

phrase

Unusual, exceptional, or remarkable.

Usage examples:

He'd seen nothing out of the way

adjective

Outside; external.

Usage examples:

The outer layer of the skin

noun

An outer garment or part of one.

Usage examples:

Boots with stiff leather outers

adjective

On the outside, or at a greater distance from the center or inside

Usage examples:

An outer covering/layer, a line of trees marks the outer edge of the property.

adjective

Furthest from the centre.

Usage examples:

The outermost layer of the earth

pronoun

The one that is furthest from the centre.

Usage examples:

The orbit of the outermost of these eight planets

adjective

Farthest away, or farthest from the center or from the inside

Usage examples:

We took a ferry ride to the outermost island.

adjective

Relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something.

Usage examples:

The peripheral areas of europe

noun

A peripheral device.

Usage examples:

Printers and other peripherals

adjective

Not central or of main importance

Usage examples:

First of all, we had to find out who the thief was – getting the money back was a peripheral issue.

adjective

Of or concerning a province of a country or empire.

Usage examples:

Provincial elections

noun

An inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.

Usage examples:

Augustine was a local boy who made good, a provincial from the southern edge of fourth-century roma…

adjective

(of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant.

Usage examples:

The valley is remote from the usual tourist routes

noun

Having very little connection with or relationship to.

Usage examples:

The theory seems rather intellectual and remote from everyday experience

adjective

Far away in distance, time, or relation; not close

Usage examples:

Ben grew up in a remote part of montana., it happened in the remote past., there is a remote possib…

adjective

(of a place) visited only rarely.

Usage examples:

A region with only a few unfrequented tracks