Obvious \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)