Obviousness

2 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]:

  obviousness
       n : the property of being easy to see and understand [syn: {noticeability},
            {noticeableness}, {patency}]