Pronunciations (8)
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/ˈɒ(b).vi.əs.li/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈɒ(b).vɪəs.li/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
- informal
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/ˈɒ(b).vjəs.li/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈɑ(b).vi(.)əs.li/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/ˈɔ(b).vi.ɘs.li/
Pronunciation notes
- New-Zealand
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/ˈɔv.jɘs.li/
Pronunciation notes
- New-Zealand
- informal
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ˈɑ(b).vi.əs.li
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- US
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ˈɒ(b).vɪəs.li
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- GB
Adverb
In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.
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She was in floods of tears and obviously very upset.
She'd obviously not gone to sleep yet: her eyes were bloodshot with sleepiness.
More examples (4)
The plane has obviously been delayed.
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.
She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else.
“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.”
Used as a filler word, or to introduce information even when not obvious.
Usage- Colloquial
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You weren't to know, but I've spoken to, obviously, Jim about this, and ...
Adverb
unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’)
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the answer is obviously wrong
she was in bed and evidently in great pain
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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