1 used when giving information that you expect other people to know already or agree with:
Obviously, we don't want to spend too much money. * Diet and exercise are obviously important.
2 used to say that a particular situation or fact is easy to see or understand:
He was obviously drunk. * They're obviously not coming. * 'I didn't realise it was a formal occasion.' 'Obviously!' (= I can see by the way you are dressed)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for obviously is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is obviously a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, obviously is tagged as adverb.
Does obviously appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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