outlying

[ out-lahy-ing ]

/ ˈaʊtˌlaɪ ɪŋ /

lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way: outlying military posts.

lying outside the boundary or limit.

Origin of outlying

First recorded in 1655–65; out- + lying²

Halfway to the park, the hustle of Goma and outlying villages faded behind him.

A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo |Nina Strochlic |November 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And late Friday night there were more strikes on outlying areas of the besieged city now mostly empty of civilians.

Impotent U.S. Airstrikes, Passive Turks and an ISIS Triumph |Jamie Dettmer |October 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Salem was established as its center in 1766, with five outlying congregations.

The First Americans to Observe the 4th Were Moravian Pacifists |Linda C. Brinson |July 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And contrary to what you might have heard, this is not some weird, outlying result that doesn't mean anything.

No, Really, It's Possible That Health Insurance May Not Make Us Healthier |Megan McArdle |May 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Simpson found that OMG easily dates back to the 1980s, and even has an outlying instance in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill.

The Oxford English Dictionary: The Original Crowdsourcer |Josh Dzieza |April 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Outlying abscesses and sinuses are usually the result of infection of the tendon sheaths in the neighbourhood.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. |Alexander Miles
The linking-up of central with outlying London had hardly begun in the 'forties.

Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. I (of 4).--1841-1857 |Charles L. Graves
She strikes and sticks fast on outlying sands, where the sea is roaring and leaping like a thousand fiends in the wintry blast.

Battles with the Sea |R.M. Ballantyne
On our left hand, between the mountain and the rock, is seen an outlying mass severed from the High Man by a deep square-cut gap.

Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England |W. P. Haskett Smith
The sheik pointed out to me the position of the water-skins, and two outlying horses which he had decided that we should seize.

The Treasure of the Tigris |A. F. Mockler Ferryman

outlying

/ (ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ) /

distant or remote from the main body or centre, as of a town or region