Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being in a remote or secluded location.
- adjective Being out of the ordinary; unusual.
- adjective Improper; offensive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Remote from populous districts; secluded; unfrequented: as, a small out-of-the-way village.
- Not easily found or observed; apart from what one ordinarily meets with or readily sees.
- Unusual; uncommon.
- Departing from the proper path; hence, improper; unbecoming; not the thing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective See under
out , adv. - adjective Not on a main transportation route; inconveniently located.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb murdered
- adverb in a remote location or at a distance from the usual route
- adverb extraordinary; unusual
- adverb improper; amiss
- adverb so as not to obstruct or hinder
- adverb dealt with; disposed of
- adjective improper or even offensive
- adjective remote from populous or much-traveled regions
- adjective out of the ordinary
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Examples
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Also, business jet pilots fly more often into airports in out-of-the-way places, surrounded by challenging terrain, or featuring tough instrument-approach conditions.
Manufacturers Tout Safety in Cockpit Andy Pasztor 2011
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Housing adjacent to Lake Bacalar is or at least was overpriced for this out-of-the-way place so maybe it´s not a nice place to settle for all year residency if you are a gregarious foreigner and, to be honest about it, a few months there as your only place to be may induce you to go swimming in the lake with weights around your ankles and commit an exquisite suicide in peace.
Bacalar 2009
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It's no longer about who made your dress, but at what out-of-the-way dusty market you found it.
Way Off the Runway Alexis Swerdloff 2011
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Then he would retire in honor with his servants to some out-of-the-way corner of the world where he would live out the rest of his days under close guard.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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He paused, apparently expecting Aidan to explain his own surprising presence at such a seedy and out-of-the-way establishment.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Various countries also have been formulating new rules or guidelines to assure that before satellites completely lose power and no longer can be controlled, operators will park them in out-of-the-way orbits or safely bring them back to Earth.
NASA Says Satellite Debris Fell in Pacific Andy Pasztor 2011
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The congressional race in an out-of-the-way rural area of New York could be seen as the first de facto primary of the 2012 presidential campaign.
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Then he would retire in honor with his servants to some out-of-the-way corner of the world where he would live out the rest of his days under close guard.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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If I travelled to out-of-the-way places, I declined to run the risk of finding them dry.
Chapter 34 2010
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She said they all had a good laugh when according to Page Six of the Post the celebrities they were mimicking were sighted having a quiet dinner at an out-of-the-way spot and graciously signing autographs.
I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011
kjola commented on the word out-of-the-way
in a remote or secluded location
April 19, 2009