adj clear; easily seen ○ It’s obvious that we will have to pay for the damage. ○ It was obvious to everyone that the shop was not making any money.
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. { Ob´vo•lute , Ob•vo•lu´ted } a. [L. obvolutus, p. p. of obvolvere to wrap round; ob (see Ob-) + volvere to roll.] Overlapping; contorted; convolute; — applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
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. { Ob´vo•lute , Ob•vo•lu´ted } a. [L. obvolutus, p. p. of obvolvere to wrap round; ob (see Ob-) + volvere to roll.] Overlapping; contorted; convolute; — applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
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