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ADVERB (1)

1. unmistakably (`plain'; is often used informally for `plainly');
- Example: "the answer is obviously wrong"
- Example: "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"
- Example: "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"
- Example: "it is all patently nonsense"
- Example: "she has apparently been living here for some time"
- Example: "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"
- Example: "You are plainly wrong"
- Example: "he is plain stubborn"
[syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Obvious \Ob"vi*ous\, a. [L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way.
   See Voyage.]
   1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.]
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            To the evil turn
            My obvious breast.                    --Milton.
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   2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] "Obvious to
      dispute." --Milton.
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   3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived
      by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as,
      an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
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            Apart and easy to be known they lie,
            Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. --Pope.
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   Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest.
        [1913 Webster] -- Ob"vi*ous*ly, adv. --
        Ob"vi*ous-ness, n.
        [1913 Webster] Obvolute


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

obviously
    adv 1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for
           `plainly'); "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"; "he is plain
           stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly,
           patently, apparently, plainly, plain]