Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an obvious manner; so as to be easily apprehended; evidently; plainly; manifestly.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adv. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
Etymologies
- obvious + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Equally the 'Hell' in the title obviously comes form the German word for larger Helles.”
“The win obviously is important to me," he said, "but the one thing I wanted to do was win while my parents were still here to see it.”
“McCain obviously is looking for the Hillary vote since apparently he thinks women need no other criteria than a set of ovaries to mark their ballot, right?”
“Sara Palin obviously is being coached by some of the finest minds in the Tea Party movement.”
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“There is an angularity about Dan Zelaya that begs a question of heritage—Native American, maybe, or Middle Eastern—his name obviously Hispanic; white hair that defies classification except as elderly human being, aging along a final common pathway.”
“McCain obviously is pushing the conservative republican status quo of US so called security and his so called war record to once again grease his way through.”
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“The name obviously meant something to the Russian, as the expression on his face instantly changed.”
“McCain obviously is not that person, but Obama can be.”
“Her name obviously registered with the young woman.”
“Since I have never heard of this book, and the fact the title obviously plays off the name for familiarity to Harry Potter.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘obviously’.
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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The weird, the wonderful and the plai...
Loved for their ingenuity, an exact description, or simply for the pure joy of it.
acidulous, aprosdoketon, higgledy-piggledy, lexicographical, ninja, audacious, somnabulist, shivaree, amorphous, quidnunc, glib, melancholy and 353 more...
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Words Stephenie Meyer Overuses
A collection of words author Stephenie Meyer overuses and abuses in her 'Twilight' series of young adult vampire fiction. Every time you read one of these words in her books, you will GRIMACE and C...
chagrin, grimace, chuckle, smirk, whispered, lope, scintillating, marble, topaz, smoldering, smolder, perfect and 30 more...
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words
my words. my mind. my gosh.
try not to enjoy it too much.git, ghoti, sauce, quail, querulous, quarrelsome, reliability, untoward, incongruities, fission, fanatic, apple and 206 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Boosting Words
Boosters in academic language, from Ken Hyland in Appendix 3 of Disciplinary Discourses (2000; Harlow, Essex:
Pearson)we know, we think, actually, always, apparent, beyond doubt, certain that, certainly, certainty, clearly, conclusively, decidedly and 30 more...
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editorinchief's Words
fierce, fuck, aloof, misanthropic, obviously, non, fashion, glitz, glam, disco, digital, princess and 7 more...
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for me not to overuse when public-spe...
um, ah, if you will, sort of, well, so, kind of, like, you know, man, dude, totally and 11 more...
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Obviously!
Adverbs to make it perfectly clear that what I'm talking about is 100% correct, beyond the shadow of a doubt, no debate required thankyouverymuch. If you can't see that, you need to get your head e...
obviously, clearly, plainly, undeniably, simply, unquestionably, certainly, indubitably, expectedly, unsurprisingly, definitely, glaringly and 31 more...
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Words often used by stupid people to ...
obviously, like, um, basically, you know, sort of, well, kind of, maybe, right, probably, possibly and 10 more...
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Valiero's Words
procrastination, bizarre, courgette, deeply-rooted, walrus, ohp, totally, definitely, back-stab, ampersand, obviously, anachronism and 19 more...
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javaexpert's Words
Tweets
Looking for tweets for obviously.
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