OBVIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obviously mean? 

• OBVIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb OBVIOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')

  Familiarity information: OBVIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBVIOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')

Synonyms:

apparently; evidently; manifestly; obviously; patently; plain; plainly

Context example:

he is plain stubborn

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Pertainym:

obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)

 Context examples 

Mr. Utterson again walked some way in silence and obviously under a weight of consideration.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Obviously something had occurred during the morning, then, to cause her to change her mind.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was more obviously struck and confused by the sight of her than she had ever observed before; he looked quite red.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Had the lady been obviously murdered, they would have buried her in a hole in the back garden.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My next step obviously was to find the man who had produced such a remarkable impression upon Mrs. Barclay.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have never seen a countenance in which the angel and the devil were more obviously wedded.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had been listening at the galley door, but he now came out, ostensibly to fling some scraps over the side, but obviously to see the killing he was certain would take place.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

That would obviously be inconvenient and unpleasant to the customers, besides entailing on the Blue Whatever-it-was, the risk of funeral expenses.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There were the tips of Wolf's ears, obviously so severely frozen at some time that they would never quite heal again.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Obviously, the response is immediate; and despite the increased secretion of insulin, the amount of oxygen consumed by the cells does not change significantly as our study shows.

(Researchers Develop Insulin-Producing Cells Activated by Light for Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)