Ob"vi*ous (?), a. [L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way. See Voyage.]
1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.]
To the evil turn
My obvious breast.
Milton.
2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.]
"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.
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