obvious

non·ob·vi·ous·ness, nouno·ver·ob·vi·ous, adjectivepre·ob·vi·ous, adjectivepre·ob·vi·ous·ly, adverbpre·ob·vi·ous·ness, nounun·ob·vi·ous, adjectiveun·ob·vi·ous·ly, adverbun·ob·vi·ous·ness, noun

Can be confused

oblivious obvious

Synonym study

1. See apparent.

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Examples from the Web for obviously

Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.
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Obviously, Dominic West can carry on swimming as much as he likes.
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First of all, he continued to search through the letters, pocketing those which were obviously bills.
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Had man been placed in the world perfected and sinless, obviously there would be no such thing as progress.
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Tammie was looking down at a splash of drying blood, obviously a deer had been badly wounded here and had fallen.
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Obviously, we are here confronted with two different standards of conduct.
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Obviously we shall have to learn more of this at another session.
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British Dictionary definitions for obviously (1 of 2)

obviously

/ (ˈɒbvɪəslɪ) /

adverb

in a way that is easy to see or understand; evidently

without subtlety

(sentence modifier) it is obvious that; clearlyobviously not everyone wants a bank account

British Dictionary definitions for obviously (2 of 2)

obvious

/ (ˈɒbvɪəs) /

adjective

easy to see or understand; evident

exhibiting motives, feelings, intentions, etc, clearly or without subtlety

naive or unsubtlethe play was rather obvious

obsolete being or standing in the way

Derived Forms

obviousness, noun

Word Origin for obvious

C16: from Latin obvius, from obviam in the way, from ob- against + via way

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