Obviously

Definition: Obviously

Obviously

Adverb

1. Unmistakably; "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"; (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly' as in "he is plain stubborn").

Date "obviously" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Synonyms: Obviously

Synonyms: apparently (adv), evidently (adv), manifestly (adv), patently (adv), plain (adv), plainly (adv). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Obviously. (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg) I'm saying you might have consulted us; obviously, the contents of this message could be extremely sensitive (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) So, you are obviously the big dick (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Look, you obviously don't know anything about intelligence work, lady (A Fish Called Wanda; writing credit: John Cleese; Charles Crichton)
Lyrics	So obviously the top (It's Bad For Me; performing artist: The Roches)
Clever	Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons! (references; author: unknown)
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Domain	Title
Books	Dot's Dateline: An Investigative Report on Marriage-Able Obviously Mythical Men (reference) (more book examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shown is an office building housing a clinic obviously in the city. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).		Natural history of common acquired nevi. Ordinary moles begin as uniformly tan or brown macules, 1 to 2 mm in diameter (a), expand to a larger macule (b), progress to a pigmented papule that may be minimally (c) or obviously (d) elevated above the surface of the skin, and terminate as a pink or flesh-colored papule (e). These lesions are junctional (a,b), compound (c,d), and dermal (e) nevi, respectively. Note their smooth borders and clear demarcation from the surrounding skin. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	A Great Black Backed Gull on a piling. Obviously not scared of the owl. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Collecting ice to melt for drinking water Obviously not much water available for showers!. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Translated as a "Comfortable position for the traveller!", obviously a bit of humor. The sailor is passing a line over the pulley to keep it from striking end of the boom during Bouree net towing operations. Plate VIII, print 11. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		"Put this on - you're obviously not covered by the First Amendment" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Bill Hicks	I love talking about the Warren Commission, I love talking about the Kennedy assasination as well. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated by it. I'm fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. I think that's interesting in what is ostensibly a democracy. Sarcasm - come on in. People say, "Bill, quit talking about Kennedy man. It was a long time ago, just let it go, alright? It's a long time ago, just forget it." I'm like, alright, then don't bring up Jesus to me. As long as we're talking shelf life here, you know.
Blaise Pascal	Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.
Henry Ford	The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like asking "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
Jean De La BruyFre	The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.
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Title	Author	Quote
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams	He was renowned for being amazingly clever and quite clearly was so - but not all the time, which obviously worried him, hence the act. He proffered people to be puzzled rather than contemptuous
Trainspotting	Irvine Welsh	less likely to get hurt by our cruel world, when obviously the reverse is true
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		From the vendors’ point of view, it obviously reduces demand. (references)
		This has obviously stimulated production by auto parts manufacturers in Argentina and Brazil. (references)
		This situation, obviously, affected the environmental technologies market, but just how much is unclear. (references)
Civil Liberties	Netherlands	The Government does not provide first asylum as such; however, most asylum seekers (84 percent in 2000), except those who obviously came from a "safe country of origin" or stayed for some time in a "safe third country," are permitted to apply for resident status. (references)
Economic History	Norway	Companies that translate their programs into Norwegian will obviously have a great advantage in marketing. (references)
	Spain	The number of IT firms owned by Spanish nationals is approximately 30 percent, obviously larger for small and medium firms. (references)
Trade	Ireland	Products which U.S. companies import and then re-export to Ireland require a Certificate of Origin or some documentation that obviously proves their origin. (references)
	Syria	Practically, individual Syrians and others can exchange for Syrian pounds at the neighboring country rate for any purpose that is not obviously connected to a business transaction. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration. "In a multitude of consellors there is wisdom," saith the proverb. If many men of equal individual wisdom are wiser than any one of them, it must be that they acquire the excess of wisdom by the mere act of getting together. Whence comes it? Obviously from nowhere -- as well say that a range of mountains is higher than the single mountains composing it. A multitude is as wise as its wisest member if it obey him; if not, it is no wiser than its most foolish.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Ann Richards	Personally, I like Ken Lay a lot. And I still can't figure out how in God's name he could have been involved in that mess, but he obviously must have been.
Dennis Miller	Between skin bleach, hair relaxer and that scale-model Barbie nose, it seems to me that the only person who obviously has a problem with Michael Jackson's race, is Michael Jackson.
Dick Cheney	That's right. And what you have to do is also go on offense. We've got to go eliminate the terrorists, and that obviously is the major part of the effort that's under way now, but it takes time.
Geoffrey Hoon	That, obviously, is our ultimate aim, it's our ultimate military objective, and I remain absolutely confident that those weapons of mass destruction will be discovered.
Judith Miller	I don't know. I really don't know. Obviously, as a journalist who's covered them, I hope not. But we won't know until we see what the United Nations does and what President Bush is prepared to do.
Margaret Thatcher	Obviously. HE has his own industrial career. He's also a person in great demand. He's also very keen on sports, he's very keen on rugby football. He was a rugby football referee in his spare time at one time.
Prince Albert of Monaco	Yeah. I mean, obviously, you know. And it's incredible to see how she touched the lives of so many people around her.
Tom Brokaw	The difference is that this time, obviously, that the United States is poised and ready to go to war. The clock is now running at a faster pace, I think it is fair to say.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	Obviously, an employed worker is a better customer than an unemployed worker.
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"Obviously" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Obviously" is used about 11,002 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	11,002	844

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "obviously": obviously-apparent.
	Ending with "obviously": location-obviously.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "obviously"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		siç duket (seemingly), qartë (clear, clearly, distinctly, evidently, expressly, fairly, it is clear, lucid, neatly, palpably, patently, plain, plainly, precisely, visibly), me sa duket (apparently, presumably, presumedly, probably, seemingly, supposedly). (various references)

Arabic		‏على نحو جلي, ‏جليا, ‏بوضوح (apparently, clear, clearly, distinctly, evidently, fairly, overtly, patently, plain, plainly, pointedly, sharply, simply, visibly), ‏بالتاكيد (indeed, of course, point blank, surely, undoubtedly). (various references)

Bulgarian		ясно (clear, clearly, distinctly, evidently, expressly, fair, plain, precise, tersely), явно (apparently, distinctly, evidently, manifestly, noticeably, pointedly, professedly, pronouncedly, visibly), очевидно (apparently, evidently). (various references)

Chinese		明明 (plainly, undoubtedly), 明显地 (Apparently, manifestly). (various references)

Czech		samozřejmì (certainly, naturally, of course, surely). (various references)

Danish		THORN (the obviously required name-server, THORN), de resultater,der opnaas ved en homogeniseringsgloedning,kan tydeligvis studeres paa makroproever ved kemiske eller fysiske metoder (the results obtained by a homogenizing anneal may obviously be studied on macrographic sections by physical or chemical means). (various references)

Dutch		klaarblijkelijk (apparently), klaarblýkelýk (apparently, evident, obvious), duidelijk (apparently, clearly, evident, neat, net), duidelýk (apparently, cleanly cut, clear, clearly, distinct, evident, neat, net, obvious, plain, precise, precize, understandable), blijkbaar (apparently), blýkbaar (apparently). (various references)

Esperanto		evidente (apparently). (various references)

Finnish		ilmeisesti (clearly, evidently). (various references)

French		évidemment. (various references)

Frisian		blykber (apparently). (various references)

German		offensichtlich (apparent, apparently, blatant, blatantly, conspicuous, demonstrable, evident, evidently, manifest, manifestly, obvious, palpable, patent, plainly, self evident, transparently), offenbar (apparent, apparently, confessedly, evident, manifest, manifestly, obvious). (various references)

Greek		προφανώσ (apparently), εμφανώς. (various references)

Hebrew		ממילא (anyhow, by itself, in any case), מן הסתם (apparently, probably), כמובן (apparently, certainly, naturally, of course, probably), באפן ברור, ברור (certain, clarification, clarity, clear, clearing, consideration, evident, evidently, explanation, implicit, manifest, obvious, patent, plain, selection, sharp, straightforward). (various references)

Hungarian		nyilvánvalóan (apparently, evidently, manifestly, naturally, palpably, professedly). (various references)

Indonesian		seyogyanya (properly), seyogianya. (various references)

Italian		evidentemente (apparently, clearly, evidently), ovviamente (apparently). (various references)

Papiamen		evidentemente (apparently). (various references)

Pig Latin		obviouslyay.(various references)

Polish		oczywiście (apparently, of course). (various references)

Portuguese		evidentemente (apparently, clear, evidently, glaringly, patently, sure), obviamente. (various references)

Romanian		evident (apparent, apparently, broad, clear, conspicuous, evident, explicit, it must be, manifestly, marked, nakedly, obvious, palpable, patent, patently, plain, prominent, sightly, visible), cu limpezime (luminously), clar (apparent, apparently, articulate, banner, bright, broad, clean, clear, clear-cut, clearly, comprehensible, decided, definite, distinct, distinctly, evident, explicit, express, fair, flat, formal, Frank, incisive, legible, level headed, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, palpable, patently, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plainly, precise, pure, serene, simple, sound, tangible, terse, unequivocal, unmistakable). (various references)

Russian		явно (apparently, audibly, decidedly, evidently, explicitly, manifestly, patently, pointedly, professedly, unmitigatedly, visibly), очевидно (aparently, apparently, evidently, it stands to reason, patently), по-видимому (apparently, clearly, evidently, must, seemingly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		očito (manifestly, plainly), očigledno (apparently, evidence: in evidence, evidently, manifestly, patently), uočljivo, jasno (clear, clearly, distinctly, manifestly, plain, plainly). (various references)

Spanish		evidentemente (apparently, evidently, noticeably, palpably, patently), obviamente (noticeably). (various references)

Swedish		tydligen (apparently, clearly, evidently, patently). (various references)

Thai		อย่างเห็นชัด. (various references)

Turkish		belli ki (apparently), apaçık (as plain as a pikestaff, beyond dispute, clearly, conspicuous, crying, evident, evidential, evidentiary, evidently, glaring, gross, incontrovertible, manifest, obvious, openly, self evident, transparent, very clear, wide open, without dispute), açık olarak (broadly, flat, in the clear, manifestly, openly, precisely). (various references)

Turkmen		mese-mдlim. (various references)

Ukrainian		ясно (brightly, clear, clearly, evidently, explicitly, fair, finely, neatly, plain, roger, serenely), явно (apparently, audibly, barefacedly, decidedly, decisively, evidently, it is evident, overtly, professedly, signally, visibly), очевидно (apparently, audibly, clearly, evidently, it is evident, overtly, patently, pointedly, questionless, seemingly, transparently), недоречно (beside the mark, mistakenly, wrong), надміру відкрито. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	quippe, scÃ®licet. (various references)
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Misspellings
	"Obviously" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: obiviously, obviosly, obviosuly, obvioulsy, obvously. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "obviously" (pronounced Ä"bvēuslē)
6	-v ē u s l ē	enviously, previously.
5	-ē u s l ē	contemporaneously, curiously, laboriously, erroneously, furiously, gloriously, harmoniously, hideously, hilariously, instantaneously, mysteriously, notoriously, precariously, seriously, simultaneously, spontaneously, studiously, tediously, unceremoniously, variously, vicariously.
4	-u s l ē	aimlessly, ambitiously, anonymously, anxiously, assiduously, autonomously, breathlessly, callously, capriciously, carelessly, cautiously, ceaselessly, conscientiously, consciously, conspicuously, contemptuously, continuously, courageously, dangerously, deliciously, disastrously, jealously, judiciously, effortlessly, egregiously, endlessly, enormously, expeditiously, fabulously, facetiously, fallaciously, famously, ferociously, flawlessly, frivolously, fruitlessly, generously, graciously, gratuitously, grievously, harmlessly, hellaciously, helplessly, hopelessly, horrendously, humorously, incongruously, indigenously, ingeniously, intravenously, listlessly, ludicrously, maliciously, marvelously, mercilessly, meticulously, mindlessly, miraculously, needlessly, nervously, ominously, ostentatiously, outrageously, painlessly, perilously, piously, posthumously, precipitously, prodigiously, purposely, recklessly, relentlessly, religiously, restlessly, ridiculously, righteously, rigorously, ruthlessly, scrupulously, seamlessly, shamelessly, strenuously, subconsciously, surreptitiously, suspiciously, synonymously, tenaciously, tirelessly, tremendously, tremulously, unambiguously, unanimously, unconsciously, viciously, vigorously, vociferously, zealously.
3	-s l ē	adversely, closely, concisely, conversely, densely, expressly, falsely, fiercely, grossly, immensely, intensely, inversely, loosely, nicely, parsley, perversely, precisely, princely, profusely, scarcely, sparsely, tensely, tersely, thusly.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-i-l-o-o-s-u-v-y"
	-2 letters: obvious.
	-3 letters: blousy, busily, obolus, ovibos.
	-4 letters: boils, bolos, bolus, bousy, boyos, buoys, lobos, looby, louis, lousy, oboli, obols, olios, ovoli, sibyl, viols.
	-5 letters: bios, boil, bolo, boos, boyo, boys, buoy, busy, buys, libs, lobo, lobs, loos, luvs, obis, obol, oils, oily, olio, silo, slob, slub, soil, soli, solo, soul, sybo, syli, viol, yobs.
	Words containing the letters "b-i-l-o-o-s-u-v-y"
	+2 letters: obliviously.
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"Xmas at city council, Valencia" by Marcos Rodriguez Lopez Commentary: "The pic was taken at city council of Valencia in Spain., 24th December of 2002. Obviously was Xmas. Merry Xmas everyone!."	"Many Flowers" by Luke Wertz Commentary: "Not sure what kind of flowers these are. Obviously the photo has been edited for artistic value (made all the non-pink flowers b&w)."
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Expression	Frequency per Day
obviously	9
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Obviously

Definition: Obviously

Obviously

Adverb

Synonyms: Obviously

Crosswords: Obviously

Modern Usage: Obviously

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Lyrics

Clever

Commercial Usage: Obviously

Books

Photo Album: Obviously

Digital Photo Gallery: Obviously

Familiar Quotations: Obviously

Bill Hicks

Blaise Pascal

Henry Ford

Jean De La BruyFre

Use in Literature: Obviously

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Trainspotting

Irvine Welsh

Non-Fiction Usage: Obviously

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Obviously

Ann Richards

Dennis Miller

Dick Cheney

Geoffrey Hoon

Judith Miller

Margaret Thatcher

Prince Albert of Monaco

Tom Brokaw

Speeches: Obviously

Harry S. Truman

Usage Frequency: Obviously

Expression: Obviously

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Obviously

Modern Translation: Obviously

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Ancestral Language Translations: Obviously

Misspellings: Obviously

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Obviously"

Anagrams: Obviously

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