Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    augenscheinlich, offenbar, offenkundig

    очеви́дноočevídno

    очеви́дноočevýdno

  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 ...

More definitions
  • unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’)

Examples

882 sentences
  1. Tom is obviously a little upset.

    Том, очевидно, трохи засмучений.

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  2. Tom obviously hasn't done that yet.

    Том, очевидно, такого раніше не робив.

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  3. This is obviously a waste of time.

    Це, очевидно, марнування часу.

    ruЭто, очевидно, потеря времени.

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  4. You're obviously still in love with Tom.

    Ти явно все ще кохаєш Тома.

    ruТы явно по-прежнему любишь Тома.

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  5. Something is obviously not right with Tom.

    З Томом явно щось не так.

    ruС Томом явно что-то не так.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in an obvious manner; clearly apparent:
Русский
By meaning 1
in an obvious manner; clearly apparent:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in an obvious manner; clearly apparent:

Forms

more obviously, most obviously
Comparativemore obviously Lesson
Superlativemost obviously

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
RelatedobviousB1

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is obviously not
  • is obviously very
  • was obviously glad
  • obviously glad that
  • obviously needs needs
  • obviously glad
  • obviously wants to
  • was obviously happy
  • is obviously a
  • is obviously in
  • obviously not having
  • this is obviously

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
obviously — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto