obvious.
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
Meaning & usage
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
Where this word comes from
16th century, from Latin obvius (“being in the way so as to meet, meeting, easy to access, at hand, ready, obvious”) + -ous, from ob- (“before”) + via (“way”).
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