Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obvy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ob-vy
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of obvi (“obviously”).

Slang

Example Sentences

"BZZZT! the correction is wrong! That's a _fathom_. A _mathom_ is, quite obvy, a _metric_fathom_, and rounded to the nearest full meter. Therefor,^([sic]) the unit is equal to exactly 2 meters."
"Oh, I think I see. Thanks. What does it have to do with a 'book'? Also, what's the advantage over using a wxListCtrl in a wxPanel? Something here I'm not getting, obvy. Where specifically is the drawing area? In a cell? down below the wxListBook?"
"If you’re not ready to shell out for a book about fat acceptance (other than this one, obvy), all you have to do is check out the fat-o-sphere feed (see appendix)."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more obvy (comparative) most obvy (superlative)

Questions

What does obvy mean?: Alternative form of obvi (“obviously”).

How to pronounce obvy

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