obviousness

Noun
Synonyms: noticeabilitynoticeablenesspatency

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the property of being easy to see and understandSynonyms: noticeabilitynoticeablenesspatency
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Obvious \Ob"vi*ous\, a. [L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way. See Voyage.]

1.Opposing; fronting. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

To the evil turn My obvious breast.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] "Obvious to dispute." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3.Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark. [1913 Webster]

Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest. [1913 Webster] -- Ob"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob"vi*ous-ness, n. [1913 Webster] Obvolute

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