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- Dictionaryob·vi·ous/ˈäbvēəs/
adjective
- 1. easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent: "unemployment has been the most obvious cost of the recession"
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Google Books ngrams show no uses of "blaringly obvious" for the past 200 years; Google search changes the terms "blaringly obvious" to "glaringly obvious"; in 69 years of reading, writing, speaking, listening, teaching, & editing English, I've never encountered "blaringly obvious" but have frequently encountered "glaringly obvious".
May 25, 2015 · In the acting/script/play/film world, "too on the nose" is a pretty common phrase which means lacking in sub-text, too obvious, having neither subtlety nor sophistication. In life, people can't usually say what they mean for one reason or another; when they do in film or theater it comes across as unrealistic.
As a somewhat insulting noun, "Captain obvious" can be used for someone who is always stating the obvious. Prolixity can be used to describe someone who says too much. This may be applicable in some cases. In addition, Logorrhoea is a term with a similar meaning to prolixity although again the primary meaning is simply too much vs. stating the ...
Nov 20, 2014 · Anyway, the word means something like to state the obvious truth, and it is so obvious that there is little point in stating it. If I were to use it in a sentence, it would be found in the blank: "To state it is to utter a _____." Well, that might be a poor sample sentence. Edited to add:
The word "obvious" should be reserved for things that are patently obvious, like: You obviously have a nose. Obvious works best when it is evident to the mind or logically apparent. The word comes from the Latin via, which means way. You apparently have a nose. By the looks of it, you do.
Nov 21, 2015 · Mr. Doe, for whatever reason, does not understand the properties of x, even after analyzing x for days. We can tell Mr. Doe that "the properties of x are obviously obvious." There is no logical flaw in this case. One of the truths about x is that its properties are obvious. So, the obviousness of obvious is, in fact, obvious.
Feb 1, 2017 · Regarding a character who fails to notice obvious warning signs, one may say the character does not see the writing on the wall. (See definitions and examples of "seeing the writing on the wall" at the Free Dictionary and the Collins Dictionary .)
Aug 11, 2014 · Wanting to be literal about the phrase "clearly evident," perhaps someone actually means to say that not only is the item evident, but the fact that it is evident is clear. It would be like saying "It was made obvious on purpose and that can be easily seen." Either way, the message is the same: "There can be no mistake except by negligence."
If a problem is painfully clear/obvious, etc, it is embarrassing because it is so clear/obvious, etc: It was painfully obvious that she didn't like him. - Cambridge Dictionary Share
To me, 'obvious' seems to be a word which is informal and means that a statement or some issue has been easily perceived. On the other hand, 'evident' seems to be a formal word and means that has been clearly understood with a list of proofs. Therefore, it is that, in sentences, 'Its obvious' and 'It is evident'
