[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

obvious \ob"vious\, a. l. obvius; ob see ob- + via way.
   see voyage.
   1. opposing; fronting. obs.
      1913 webster

            to the evil turn
            my obvious breast.                    --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. exposed; subject; open; liable. obs. "obvious to
      dispute." --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived
      by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as,
      an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
      1913 webster

            apart and easy to be known they lie,
            amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. --pope.
      1913 webster

   syn: plain; clear; evident. see manifest.
        1913 webster -- ob"viously, adv. --
        ob"vious-ness, n.
        1913 webster obvolute
see also:
ob- voyage manifest ob"viously ob"vious-ness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

obviousness
     n : the property of being easy to see and understand syn: noticeability,
          noticeableness, patency
see also:
noticeability noticeableness patency 

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