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De - Pt| English Dictionary: obviousness | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for obviousness | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Obvious \Ob"vi*ous\, a. [L. obvius; ob (see {Ob-}) + via way. See {Voyage}.] 1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.] To the evil turn My obvious breast. --Milton. 2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] [bd]Obvious to dispute.[b8] --Milton. 3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark. Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. --Pope. Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See {Manifest}. -- {Ob"vi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ob"vi*ous-ness}, n. | |
