OBVIOUS

obvious. Obvious, a. evident, clear, plain, easy, open

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Ob″vi‐ous (?), a. [[L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way. See Voyage.]] 1. 1. Opposing; fronting.
To the evil turn My obvious breast. Milton. 2. 2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. “Obvious to dispute.” Milton.
3. 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.