obvious
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obvious/ˈɒbviəs/
▶adjective
- 1 easily perceived or understood; clear.
- 2 derogatory predictable and lacking in subtlety.
– derivatives
obviously adverb,
obviousness noun.
obviously adverb,
obviousness noun.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘frequently encountered’): from L. obvius (from the phr. ob viam ‘in the way’) + -ous.
'obvious' also found in these Oxford entries:
amblyopia
- apparent
- beg
- blinding
- chance
- disembodied
- evident
- fancy
- free-floating
- glare
- handsome
- huff
- laborious
- lap
- manifest
- mile
- patent
- pikestaff
- platitude
- pope
- reason
- say
- seamless
- stare
- stereotypy
- surface
- transparent
- two
- ulterior
- unclear
- unconcealed
- unsubtle
- wise
- writ
- write
