obviously

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

Etymology

From obvious + -ly.

In classic literature

That would be obviously impossible. — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
No, it isn't obviously dramatic. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
Obviously we were just groping blindly. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

Synonyms

evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain

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