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View definitions for out-lying

out-lying

adjective as in outermost

adjective as in outlying

adjective as in far-off

adjective as in outermost

adjective as in outlying

adjective as in far-off

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Example Sentences

Not a soul could have surprised the place, for armed pickets were stationed all round at out lying distances.

And the very natural answer was, "Oh, in some out-and-out-lying district."

Can straight-out lying or any other description of lying whatsoever beat this?

Some men out lying in low places and who could not move were, it was said, drowned.

At a bend in the road, they crept up behind an out-lying picket and, leaping on his back, buried a knife in his throat.

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On this page you'll find 284 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to out-lying, such as: confined, deserted, detached, hidden, lonely, and outlying.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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