Meaning of obviously in English

obviously

adverb

/ˈɒb.vi.əs.li/ us

/ˈɑːb.vi.əs.li/

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in a way that is easy to understand or see:

He was in tears and obviously very upset.

Obviously the school cannot function without teachers.

Synonyms

clearly (CERTAIN)
manifestly formal
patently
plainly

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She's obviously very intelligent, but her lectures are heavy going.
You obviously didn't read the instructions properly.
There was obviously a great physical attraction between them.
You've obviously put a lot of work in on your garden.
The report was obviously prepared with studious care and attention.

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(Definition of obviously from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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obviously

adverb

/ˈɑb·vi·əs·li/

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in a way that can be easily seen, recognized, or understood:

They were obviously exhausted after the game.

Obviously, you won’t be needing my help.

(Definition of obviously from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Obviously, these can be represented as languages over the output alphabet, namely as the set of outputs that obey them.

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Obviously, by competing in parliamentary elections, parties compete for office, but this does not mean that their goal is actually to attain office.

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Obviously that leads you back into the past, into memory, into repressed emotions.

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What features surviving firms have obviously depends on the answers to these questions.

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This represents, obviously, 1/70th (1.4 %) of all targets occurring in the real world during the one-week sampling period.

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Obviously, the formalised behaviour demanded of visitors is no different from that expected in museums all over the world.

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One approach would be to categorize the results on the basis of uncertainty; for example, clearly worthwhile funding, uncertain, or obviously not worthwhile.

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The commitment to interventional cardiology obviously varies from unit to unit.

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The problem is that this isn't obviously either explicit or implicit, as those terms are understood in picture (1).

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But this was obviously not the message they wanted to get across.

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An elaborate system of this kind is obviously not the product of an oral or semioral practitioners' culture but of a school.

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More obviously, upper-limb impairment may result in problems preparing and cutting food and delivering it to the mouth.

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Obviously, all else being equal, a higher minimum standard is socially preferred.

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I have counted a transfer as one of sale in those cases where property was transferred to a person not obviously related to the transferor.

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Obviously, this is not the optimal procedure because the significance of variables may change over time.

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清楚地, 明白地, 顯而易見地…

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