Associations to the word «Outlying»

Wiktionary

OUTLYING, adjective. Relatively remote from some central location.
OUTLYING, adjective. Located outside of some boundary or limit.
OUTLYING, noun. A region relatively remote from a central location.
OUTLYING FIELD, noun. (military) (chiefly US) An airfield outside of the homebase.

Dictionary definition

OUTLYING, adjective. Relatively far from a center or middle; "outlying settlements".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King