What does out-of-doors mean?
Out-of-doors means outdoors; outside..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
outdoors; outside..
Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors.
Three children, with the rich brown and richer crimson colour, and the bright black eyes which mark a southern extraction, were rolling on the grass at a little distance; and close beside the fire were seated two men, with red kerchiefs knitted round their close-curled dark hair. There was something in the complexions and the out-of-doors life that at once carried the Italians back to their own country.
Use out-of-doors when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Out-of-doors means outdoors; outside..
Common synonyms include open, air, open air, outdoors.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors.
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