obviously

English

Etymology

obvious +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ(b).vi.əs.li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒ(b).vɪəs.li/
• Hyphenation: ob‧vi‧ous‧ly

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Adverb

obviously (comparative more obviously, superlative most obviously)

1. In a obvious manner; clearly apparent.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.

Synonyms

• (in an obvious manner): apparently, clearly, evidently, manifestly, obvi

Derived terms

• obvi

Translations

in an obvious manner; clearly apparent

• Arabic: بُوضُوح‎‎ (būḍūḥ)
• Belarusian: відаво́чна (vidavóčna)
• Bulgarian: очеви́дно (bg) (očevídno)
• Catalan: òbviament
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明顯地 (zh), 明显地 (zh) (míngxiǎn de), 顯然地 (zh), 显然地 (zh) (xiǎnrán de)

• Czech: zjevně (cs), samozřejmě (cs)
• Danish: naturligvis
• Dutch: overduidelijk (nl), vanzelfsprekend (nl)
• Esperanto: evidente (eo)
• Finnish: ilmeisesti (fi), selvästi (fi), silminnähden
• French: clairement (fr), évidemment (fr)
• Galician: obviamente
• German: augenscheinlich (de) (elevated), offenbar (de), offenkundig (de), offensichtlich (de), sichtlich (de)
• Greek: προφανώς (el) (profanós)
• Hungarian: nyilvánvalóan (hu)
• Italian: ovviamente (it)
• Japanese: 明らかに (ja) (あきらかに, akiraka ni)
• Korean: 확실히 (ko) (hwaksilhi), 분명히 (ko) (bunmyeonghi)
• Latvian: acīm redzami, acīmredzot

• Macedonian: очигледно (očigledno)
• Norwegian: selvsagt, åpenbart (no)

  Bokmål: åpenbar (no), åpenlys, tydeligvis (no)

• Old Prussian: akiwīstai
• Polish: oczywiście (pl)
• Portuguese: obviamente
• Russian: очеви́дно (ru) (očevídno)
• Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: очигледно

  Roman: očigledno (sh)

• Slovak: očividne, zjavne, samozrejme
• Slovene: očitno
• Spanish: obviamente (es)
• Swedish: uppenbarligen (sv), tydligen (sv)
• Tagalog: kanawa-nawang
• Turkish: bariz (tr), ortada (tr)
• Ukrainian: очеви́дно (očevýdno)
• Vietnamese: rõ ràng (vi), hiển nhiên (vi)