Ob″vi‐ous (?), a. [L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way. See Voyage.] 1. Opposing; fronting.
To the evil turn
My obvious breast. Milton.
2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. “Obvious to dispute.” Milton.
3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
Apart and easy to be known they lie,
Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. Pope.
Syn. — Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest.
— Ob″vi‐ous‐ly, adv. — Ob″vi‐ous–ness, n.