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Definitions for obviously
ob·vi·ous·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plainadverb
unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
"the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"
Wiktionary
obviouslyadverb
In a obvious manner; clearly apparent.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Obviouslyadverb
Evidently; apparently.
Etymology: from obvious.
All purely identical propositions obviously and at first blush, contain no instruction. John Locke.
Wikipedia
Obviously
Obviously is a song by English pop rock band McFly. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album, Room on the 3rd Floor. The single itself features a cover version of Beatles single, "Help!", as well as the band's first recorded interview - part one of which can be found on CD2, with part two appearing on a limited edition 7" picture disc. The single was the band's second number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, where it stayed for one week. It also reached number 14 in Ireland.
ChatGPT
obviously
Obviously is an adverb meaning in a way that is easily perceived or understood; clearly. It is often used to highlight that something should be apparent, plain, self-evident, visible, or noticeable to everyone.
Wikidata
Obviously
"Obviously" is the second single from the British boy band McFly's debut studio album, Room on the 3rd Floor. The single itself features a cover version of the popular Beatles single "Help!", as well as the band's first recorded interview - part one of which can be found on CD2, with part two appearing on a limited edition 7" Picture Disc. The single was the band's second #1 single on the UK Singles Chart. It topped the charts for one week. It also got to #14 in Ireland.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'obviously' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1215
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'obviously' in Written Corpus Frequency: #327
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'obviously' in Adverbs Frequency: #95
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of obviously in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of obviously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of obviously in a Sentence
The audience for them is quite broad, look at [Prince] Harry’s memoir, for example. You’re going to have royal watchers and supporters who are probably an older demographic reading the book, as well as potentially younger readers who are interested in Harry and Meghan’s story or their philanthropic endeavors. Obviously, a certain level of interest in the memoirist’s area of focus – whether they’re an actor, or an athlete, a trauma victim, or a royal – is going to have an impact on whether a reader picks up the book, but I think it’s less important than for other categories or genres.
Just came in, obviously with Joel down thats a big scoring loss that we had there, so just had to be aggressive from the start.
This is obviously an act of war that has been committed on the United States. referring to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
We're not dealing with a traditional criminal here. What we're dealing with is someone who obviously had mental health issues at least this last week, had PTSD.
Obviously, I'm disappointed, you know ? ... Is there a cutoff for tragedy ?
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- بو, بوضوحArabic
- òbviamentCatalan, Valencian
- zjevněCzech
- naturligvisDanish
- offensichtlich, sichtlich, offenkundig, augenscheinlich, offenbarGerman
- προφανώςGreek
- evidenteEsperanto
- obviamenteSpanish
- بدیهی استPersian
- silminnähden, selvästi, ilmeisestiFinnish
- évidemment, clairementFrench
- a rèir coltaisScottish Gaelic
- obviamenteGalician
- जाहिर हैHindi
- nyilvánvalóanHungarian
- ovviamenteItalian
- 明らかJapanese
- redzami, acīmredzotLatvian
- åpenlys, åpenbarNorwegian
- vanzelfsprekend, overduidelijkDutch
- selvsagt, åpenbartNorwegian
- obviamentePortuguese
- очевидноRussian
- uppenbar, påtagligSwedish
- อย่างชัดเจนThai
- bariz, ortadaTurkish
- chắc chắnVietnamese
- 明显Chinese
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