obviously

adverb ob·vi·ous·ly \ ˈäb-vē-əs-lē \

Updated on: 22 May 2018

Definition of obviously

1 : in an obvious manner

showed his anger obviously

2 : as is plainly evident

Obviously, something is wrong.

She obviously enjoys her work.

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Examples of obviously in a Sentence

She obviously enjoys her work.
Their answer was obviously wrong.
That's obviously not her real name.

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There are differences, obviously, in terms of alleged wrongdoing, the laws -- now lapsed -- under which special prosecutors were appointed and other things.

— z. byron wolf, CNN, "Which is the greatest 'witch hunt' in US political history?," 18 May 2018
Not everyone, obviously, will succumb to Deadpool 2’s charms.

— angela watercutter, WIRED, "Deadpool 2 Is What All Sequels Should Be: Better Than Its Predecessor," 17 May 2018
Privacy concerns and whether people would feel comfortable with a single company swaying public opinion would obviously come about if the ledger were ever pitched as an actual product.

— don reisinger, Fortune, "Google's Hypothetical 'Selfish Ledger' Imagines Collecting All Your Data to Push You to Change Society," 17 May 2018
But with a lot of belief, a lot of vision and obviously a big commitment from a lot of people, the challenge of winning a national championship at Louisville is one that, man, that brings a lot of energy to me.

— tim sullivan, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville's Dan McDonnell is 'not looking' - but job rumors persist," 16 May 2018
The band is lip-synching and obviously high off their asses.

— jason diamond, The New Republic, "Can Psychedelic Drugs Do Good?," 15 May 2018
The New Orleans Saints were obviously happy with their group of tryout players during rookie minicamp this past weekend.

— josh katzenstein, NOLA.com, "Saints signing undrafted rookie linebacker KeShun Freeman," 14 May 2018
Now, things are obviously much better between Karen and her son-in-law.

— taysha murtaugh, Country Living, "How Mina Starsiak from HGTV's 'Good Bones' Met Her Husband Steve Hawk," 13 May 2018
Boys involved in Scouts through a Mormon church in rural Utah work on the same programs, with the same goals as boys participating in scouts through a YMCA in the Bronx, but the culture within those two example troops will obviously differ.

— wes siler, Outside Online, "In Breakup with Boy Scouts, It’s Mormons Who Lose," 10 May 2018

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: in a way that is easy to see, understand, or recognize
—used to emphasize that you are talking about something that is easy to see, understand, or recognize

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