obvi
/ˈɒb.vi/US/ˈɑb.vi/
obvi is the clipping of obvious.
obvi is the clipping of obviously.
Meaning of obvious
Adjective
obvious (comparative more obvious, superlative most obvious)
- Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St....1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- apparent, arrant, undoubted, glaring, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut
Meaning of obviously
Adverb
obviously (comparative more obviously, superlative most obviously)
- In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.
- She was in floods of tears and obviously very upset.
- Synonyms:
- apparently
- Used as a filler word, or to introduce information even when not obvious.
- You weren't to know, but I've spoken to, obviously, Jim about this, and ...
Synonyms of obvi
Forms of obvi
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more obvi |
| superlative | most obvi |
| alternative form | obvy |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more obvi |
| superlative | most obvi |
Origin of obvi
Clipping of obvious or obviously.
Questions about obvi
- What is obvi the clipping of?
- Obvi is the clipping of obvious.
- How do you pronounce obvi?
- Obvi is pronounced /ˈɒb.vi/ (UK).
Words near obvi in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: obvi (page history and authors); obvious (page history and authors); obviously (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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