The meaning of OUTLYING is remote from a center or main body. How to use outlying in a sentence.

The school arranges transport for children to outlying villages when they want to stay after school to take part in clubs, sports or other enrichment activities.

OUTLYING definition: lying lying lie at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way. See examples of outlying used in a sentence.

outlying (ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ) adj distant or remote from the main body or centre, as of a town or region

Definition of outlying adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

outlying, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

adjective relatively far from a center or middle “ outlying settlements” synonyms: far located at a great distance in time or space or degree