out-of-the-way

out-of-the-way
Synonyms and related words:
Bohemian, O-shaped, aberrant, aberrative, adrift, ambagious, antipodean, apart, back of beyond, backhanded, beat, beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question, beyond reach, beyond the bounds, breakaway, casual, circuitous, circular, departing, desultory, detached, deviant, deviating, deviative, deviatory, devious, digressive, discursive, distant, errant, erratic, excursive, extra, extraneous, extraordinary, extrinsic, far out, farfetched, forced, free and easy, fringy, godforsaken, helical, heretical, heterodox, hippie, hyperborean, immaterial, impertinent, improbable, in a backwater, inaccessible, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, incidental, inconsequent, indirect, informal, insular, irrelative, irrelevant, isolated, kinky, labyrinthine, lonesome, maverick, mazy, meandering, more than expected, nihil ad rem, nonessential, not at issue, not cricket, not done, not kosher, oblique, occasional, odd, off, off the subject, offbeat, orbital, original, out of earshot, out of hearing, out of range, out of reach, out of sight, out-of-the-world, parenthetical, part-time, past expectation, planetary, quarantined, quite another thing, rambling, rare, recherche, remote, removed, retired, rotary, round, roundabout, roving, secluded, secret, segregated, separate, separated, serpentine, shifting, shut off, side, snaky, something else again, spare, spiral, strained, stray, sudden, sui generis, swerving, turning, twisting, unannounced, unanticipated, unapproachable, uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, undirected, undivined, undreamed-of, unessential, unexpected, unfamiliar, unfashionable, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unfrequented, ungetatable, unguessed, unheard-of, unheralded, unhoped for, unique, unordinary, unorthodox, unpredictable, unpredicted, unprepared for, unthought-of, untouchable, unusual, unvisited, unwonted, vagrant, veering, wandering, way out, winding, withdrawn, without warning, zigzag

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  • out of the way — {adv. phr.} 1. Not where people usually go; difficult to reach. * /When little Tommy comes to visit her, Aunt Sally puts her lamps and vases out of the way./ Often used with hyphens before a noun. * /Gold was found in an out of the way village in …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • out of the way — {adv. phr.} 1. Not where people usually go; difficult to reach. * /When little Tommy comes to visit her, Aunt Sally puts her lamps and vases out of the way./ Often used with hyphens before a noun. * /Gold was found in an out of the way village in …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Out of the way — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Out of the way — Way Way, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[ a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via}, {Voyage} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Out-of-the-way — a. 1. See under {Out}, adv. [1913 Webster] 2. Not on a main transportation route; inconveniently located. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • out of the way — phrasal 1. wrong, improper < didn t know I d said anything out of the way > 2. a. in or to a secluded place b. unusual, remarkable < there s nothing out of the way about the plan > 3. done, completed < got his homework ou …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • out-of-the-way — adjective Date: 1704 1. unusual < out of the way information > 2. being off the beaten track < an out of the way restaurant > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • To put out of the way — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • put out of the way — {v. phr.} To kill. * /When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way./ * /The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put out of the way — {v. phr.} To kill. * /When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way./ * /The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get out of the way — See: OUT OF THE WAY …   Dictionary of American idioms

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