out-of-the-way
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.84 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "In every vacant space new houses are being built, and all sorts of odd little cooking-sheds are erected against the old ones, while in some out-of-the-way corners, massive log pigsties are tenanted by growing porkers; for how can the Chinamen exist six months without one feast of pig?"
- "“Even Darjiling is a little out-of-the-way hole.”"
- "In the meantime, Fisher had started to pine for his music, and decided to get a band together. Do a few gigs; nothing serious, just enjoy it, see what happens, kinda thing. Thought it might be fun to do some out-of-the-way venues."
- "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."
Inflected Forms
more out-of-the-way (comparative)
most out-of-the-way (superlative)