obviously

From obvious +‎ -ly.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ(b).vi(.)əs.li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒ(b).vi.əs.li/, (informal) /ˈɒ(b).vɪəs.li/, /ˈɒ(b).vjəs.li/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ(b).vi.ɘs.li/, (informal) /ˈɔv.jɘs.li/
• Hyphenation: ob‧vi‧ous‧ly

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obviously (comparative more obviously, superlative most obviously)

1. In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.

   She was in floods of tears and obviously very upset.

   She'd obviously not gone to sleep yet: her eyes were bloodshot with sleepiness.

   The plane has obviously been delayed.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.

   • 2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “Temu is gone! What I saw today completely convinced me!” the user wrote. “Local sellers, despite obviously buying some items in advance in a bulk, don’t have all these items I was interested in.”

2. (colloquial) Used as a filler word, or to introduce information even when not obvious.

   You weren't to know, but I've spoken to, obviously, Jim about this, and ...

• (in an obvious manner): apparently, clearly, evidently, manifestly, obvi; see also Thesaurus:obviously

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