What does out-of-the-way mean?
Out-of-the-way means Remote or secluded..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Remote or secluded..
I know this out-of-the-way hotel where we could stay.
It was from no choice of my own that I was brought up in an out-of-the-way pallazzo, with nothing to do but to fall in love.
“Even Darjiling is a little out-of-the-way hole.”
Passenger numbers had been rising sharply. But the replacement of the services by buses, which take far longer because of the number of stations in out-of-the-way villages on the route, will ensure they plummet again.
Use out-of-the-way when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Out-of-the-way means Remote or secluded..
Common synonyms include unusual, improper, off the beaten track.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I know this out-of-the-way hotel where we could stay.
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