Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obvious"

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) 1.7 (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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