Obviously

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  obviously
       adv : 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: {evidently}, {manifestly}, {patently},
              {apparently}, {plainly}, {plain}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "obviously":
     absolutely, actually, apparently, assuredly, certainly, clearly,
     conspicuously, de facto, decidedly, definitely, demonstrably,
     discernibly, distinctly, doubtlessly, evidently, explicitly,
     expressly, for a certainty, for real, genuinely, glaringly,
     in actuality, in all conscience, in effect, in fact, in reality,
     indeed, indubitably, manifestly, markedly, noticeably, observably,
     of course, palpably, patently, perceivably, perceptibly, plainly,
     positively, prominently, pronouncedly, quite, really, recognizably,
     seeably, sensibly, seriously, simply, staringly, starkly, truly,
     unambiguously, unconcealedly, undeniable, undeniably,
     undisguisedly, unmistakably, verily, veritably, visibly,
     with clarity, without doubt