Category:Obvious

Ob"vi*ous, a. Etym: [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.