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outlying

The English word “outlying” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Relatively remote from some central location.
  2. Located outside of some boundary or limit.

noun

  1. A region relatively remote from a central location.

Etymology

From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing.

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