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Definition of Obvious
Obvious

Opposing; fronting.

Exposed; subject; open; liable.

Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.

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Obvious Quotations

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Albert Einstein

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
Arthur Schopenhauer

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
George Bernard Shaw

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.
Oscar Wilde

If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves.
Mason Cooley

Obvious Translations

obvious in Dutch is kennelijk, evident, apert
obvious in Finnish is ilmeinen
obvious in Italian is ovvio, flagrante, distinto
obvious in Spanish is dilucido, visto

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