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.] "Obvious to dispute."

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.

 

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