obviously
/ˈɑ(b).vi(.)əs.li/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She was in floods of tears and obviously very upset."
- "She'd obviously not gone to sleep yet: her eyes were bloodshot with sleepiness."
- "The plane has obviously been delayed."
- "It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face."
- "She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else."
- "“Temu is gone! What I saw today completely convinced me!” the user wrote. “Local sellers, despite obviously buying some items in advance in a bulk, don’t have all these items I was interested in.”"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑ(b).vi(.)əs.li/
- British English: /ˈɒ(b).vi.əs.li/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more obviously (comparative)
most obviously (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
duh § Synonyms
Frequently Paired Words
obvious
duh § Synonyms