Antonyms for outlying
ˈaʊtˌlaɪ ɪŋout·ly·ing

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1. outlying(a)adjective

   relatively far from a center or middle

   "outlying settlements"

   Antonyms:
   nigh, close, near

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1. outlyingadjective

   Synonyms:
   remote, detached, distant, frontier

How to use outlying in a sentence?

1. Ole Arve Misund:

   Normally by March, these waters would be frozen over, a layer of ice so thick that people would take their snowmobiles from town to outlying areas, but the last time they froze was a decade ago.

2. Jed Kolko:

   The fastest-growing places in the country have been the suburbs of big Sun Belt metros, the outlying portions of [ places like ] Austin or Phoenix.

3. Ted Callahan:

   They have moved stockpiles (to outlying districts) because they knew they wouldn't hold the city for long. encyclopedia.

4. Jonathan Miller:

   This is less' the city versus the suburbs' and more' Manhattan versus the suburbs,' the outlying areas around the city are benefiting from outbound migration of Manhattan specifically.

5. Evan Schuurman:

   The phone network being down makes things incredibly difficult, it's meant that it's taken a lot longer to actually find out what's happening in some of the outlying islands, and so the sooner the communications can get back up and running, the better.

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