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Definitions for obviously
ob·vi·ous·ly
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word obviously.
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.
Freebase
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
Italy may have some small strong banks too but at some point there is obviously a need for more transparency, one clear lesson to be learned from Spain is that you cannot wait forever.
That just sort of told me, the mom obviously didn't understand that these are not like oranges or bananas or even juices.
Obviously, it has got everybody excited. Warren and I were on the phone practically every other play last week watching them beat Green Bay. That was a whole lot of fun, with the Lightning winning the Cup and Rays coming within a couple of games of winning the World Series, it’s kind of fitting with the Bucs making the first part of history.
If the Assad regime does not live up to its responsibilities and if the Iranians and the Russians do not hold Assad to the promises that they have made ... then the international community obviously is not going to sit there like fools and watch this. There will be an increase of activity to put greater pressure on them, there is a possibility there will be additional ground troops.
Ambassador Khalilzad is still obviously making his way around the region, talking to folks, and I haven't gotten the latest update from him, but negotiations in some ways are still ongoing, so I don't want to say anything that gets in front of that or upsets that process.
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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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