obviously

English

Etymology

From obvious +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ(b).vi(.)əs.li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒ(b).vi.əs.li/, (informal) /ˈɒ(b).vɪəs.li/, /ˈɒ(b).vjəs.li/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ(b).vi.ɘs.li/, (informal) /ˈɔv.jɘs.li/
• Hyphenation: ob‧vi‧ous‧ly

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

obviously (comparative more obviously, superlative most obviously)

1. In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.

   She was in floods of tears and obviously very upset.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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.

2. (colloquial) Used as a filler word, or to introduce information even when not obvious.

   You weren't to know, but I've spoken to, obviously, Jim about this, and ...

Synonyms

• (in an obvious manner): apparently, clearly, evidently, manifestly, obvi; see also Thesaurus:obviously

Derived terms

• obvi
• obvs

Translations

in an obvious manner; clearly apparent

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

  Mandarin: 明顯地／明显地 (zh) (míngxiǎn de), 顯然地／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)
• Icelandic: augljóslega (is)
• Italian: ovviamente (it)
• Japanese: 明らかに (ja) (あきらかに, akiraka ni), 当たり前 (ja) (Atarimae!)
• Korean: 확실히 (ko) (hwaksilhi), 분명히 (ko) (bunmyeonghi)
• Latin: quippe, ēvidenter
• 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 (pt)
• Russian: очеви́дно (ru) (očevídno)
• Scottish Gaelic: a rèir coltais
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: очигледно

  Roman: očigledno (sh), očito (sh)

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