obviously

adv
/ˈɒ(b).vi.əs.li/UK/ˈɑ(b).vi(.)əs.li/US/ˈɔ(b).vi.ɘs.li/

Etymology

From obvious + -ly.

Definitions

  1. In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.

    • She was in floods of tears and obviously very upset.
    • She'd obviously not gone to sleep yet: her eyes were bloodshot with sleepiness.
    • The plane has obviously been delayed.
  2. 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 ...

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Derived

obvi, obvs

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at obviously. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at obviously. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at obviously

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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