obviously

adverb ob·vi·ous·ly \ ˈäb-vē-əs-lē \

|Updated on: 17 Jul 2018

Examples: obviously in a Sentence

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.

Recent Examples of obviously from the Web

Making so many dots obviously is a labor-intensive process that speaks to the deliberation with which these works on paper are made.

— mike giuliano, Howard County Times, "Connecting the dots in Goldberg's variations," 13 July 2018
Which is obviously why so many people are affronted by it.

— Cincinnati Enquirer, "Read more from this Project," 13 July 2018
Considering the McAbees hail from Florida, key lime pie is obviously the eatery’s signature pie, not to mention the best seller.

— james patrick kelly, idahostatesman, "Boise Pie Co. shows its Southern roots, bakes up delicious desserts," 12 July 2018
Naked empowerment fantasies are exhilarating, a little shameful, and obviously implausible.

— noah berlatsky, The Verge, "The best superhero stories admit that superheroes are ridiculous," 11 July 2018
All happy families are alike; ours, obviously, was not a happy family.

— keith gessen, Longreads, "My Brother Comes to Moscow," 10 July 2018
That's made a bit tricky by the hardware—if there are two mirrors on an arm of the Y, one is obviously farther from the center.

— scott k. johnson, Ars Technica, "Building the world’s highest-resolution telescope," 9 July 2018
Liebesman notes the question of Clean Water Act jurisdiction is more complicated than other areas of environmental law where science is more obviously weighted heavily.

— ariel wittenberg, Science | AAAS, "Obama’s wetlands protection rule put ‘too much emphasis’ on science, Trump officials argue," 5 July 2018
The pharaonic work being described meant, obviously, many jobs.

— william finnegan, The New Yorker, "Can Andy Byford Save the Subways?," 2 July 2018

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OBVIOUSLY Defined for English Language Learners

obviously

adverb

Definition of obviously for English Language Learners

: 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