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