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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Obvious

/äb'-vē-əs/ · Ob·vi·ous · IPA /ˈɑb.vi.əs/
01 a. Opposing; fronting.
  1. 1.
    Opposing; fronting.[Obs.]
    “To the evil turn My obvious breast.” Milton.
  2. 2.
    Exposed; subject; open; liable.[Obs.]
  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.