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obvious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Obvious \Ob"vi*ous\, a. [L. obvius; ob (see {Ob-}) + via way See {Voyage}.] 1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.] To the evil turn My obvious breast. --Milton. 2. Exposed; subject; open liable. [Obs.] ``Obvious to dispute.'' --Milton. 3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as an obvious meaning; an obvious remark. Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. --Pope. Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See {Manifest}. -- {Ob"vi*ous*ly}, adv -- {Ob"vi*ous-ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: obvious adj 1: easily perceived or understood; "obvious errors" [ant: {unobvious}] 2: easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "a perceptible sense of expectation in the court"; "an obvious (or palpable) lie" [syn: {perceptible}] 3: obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" [syn: {conspicuous}] [ant: {inconspicuous}] 4: obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression" [syn: {visible}]
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