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adjective

Obvious adj.

Opposing; fronting. (Obs.) "To the evil turn My obvious breast."

Exposed; subject; open; liable. (Obs.) "Obvious to dispute."

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."

Synonyms: Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest.

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Etymology of 'Obvious'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... already seen how electricity was first produced by the simple method of rubbing one body on another, then by the less obvious means of chemical union, and next by the finer agency of heat. In all these, it will be observed, a substantial contact is necessary. We have now to consider a still more subtle process of generation, not requiring actual contact, which, as might be expected, was discovered ...

— The Story Of Electricity • John Munro

... rich clusters upon his brow, distressing him by a propensity which he deemed effeminate. His mouth was as ripely red as hers, but somewhat larger, firmer, and less bland in its character. His eyebrows, too, were more darkly traced, supplying a want only too obvious in her countenance. The resemblance, however, disappeared in the forehead and classic nose, for the brow of Maurice was broad and high, and the ...

— Fairy Fingers - A Novel • Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

... large opening on the right was caused by the comparatively recent breaking out of the wall. Figure 303 shows the doorway to the group of chambers marked E on the general map, an interior view of which is shown in figure 302. In this example the obvious object of the framing was to reduce the size of the opening, and to accomplish this the slabs were set out 10 or 12 inches from the rock forming the sides of the opening, and the intervening space was filled in with ...

— Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona • Cosmos Mindeleff

... only the records of the various changes in the incumbency of the secular clergy, but also of such as were occasioned by the death of all abbots, or priors or abbesses as presided over that large number of religious houses as were not exempt from Episcopal jurisdiction. It is obvious that these Records constitute an invaluable body of evidence, from which important information may be drawn regarding our parochial and ecclesiastical history. The Institution Books, as might be expected, contain ...

— The Coming of the Friars • Augustus Jessopp

... obvious fact, and stepping out into the road to avoid spoiling a small maiden's next move at "hop scotch," returned to the pavement to listen to a somewhat lengthy dissertation upon the ...

— A Master Of Craft • W. W. Jacobs

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