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obviously |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Obvious \Ob"vi*ous\, a. [L. obvius; ob (see {Ob-}) + via way See {Voyage}.] 1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.] To the evil turn My obvious breast. --Milton. 2. Exposed; subject; open liable. [Obs.] ``Obvious to dispute.'' --Milton. 3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as an obvious meaning; an obvious remark. Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. --Pope. Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See {Manifest}. -- {Ob"vi*ous*ly}, adv -- {Ob"vi*ous-ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: obviously adv : unmistakably; "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly' as in "he is plain stubborn") [syn: {evidently}, {manifestly}, {patently}, {apparently}, {plainly}, {plain}]
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