obviously

English

Etymology

obvious +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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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

Translations

in an obvious manner; clearly apparent

• Arabic: بُوضُوح‎ (būḍūḥ)
• 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
• Danish: naturligvis
• Dutch: overduidelijk (nl), vanzelfsprekend (nl)
• Esperanto: evidente
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: acīm redzami, acīmredzot
• Macedonian: очигледно (očigledno)
• Norwegian: selvsagt, åpenbart (no)

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

• Portuguese: obviamente
• Russian: очеви́дно (ru) (očevídno)
• Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais
• Spanish: obviamente (es)
• Swedish: uppenbarligen (sv), tydligen (sv)
• Tagalog: kanawa-nawang
• Turkish: bariz (tr), ortada (tr)
• Vietnamese: rõ ràng (vi), hiển nhiên (vi)