obviously

adverb

ob·​vi·​ous·​ly ˈäb-vē-əs-lē 

1

: in an obvious manner

showed his anger obviously

2

: as is plainly evident

Obviously, something is wrong.

She obviously enjoys her work.

Examples of obviously in a Sentence

She obviously enjoys her work.

Their answer was obviously wrong.

That's obviously not her real name.

Recent Examples on the Web

The native Hawaiian obviously wasn’t too concerned about straining his vocal cords. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

The first is that most of the M6’s gains can be attributed to its extra CPU and GPU cores relative to the M5, and the M5 Pro, M5 Max, and M5 Ultra all obviously still have more of both kinds of cores than the M6 does. — ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026

Our first intuitive response is that, if nobody moves it, then the chair is obviously still. — Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026

Songs From the Stacks presents another opportunity for an obviously hungry local audience to show love to Milwaukee's exploding rap scene. — Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

obviously

adverb

ob·​vious·​ly

ˈäb-vē-əs-lē

1

: in an obvious manner

obviously enjoys her work

dealing with an obviously difficult subject

2

: it is obvious

obviously, this is only a beginning