obviously

In a sentence

Six example sentences with obviously, each labelled with its topic.

• The signature was obviously traced, since it matched the original stroke for stroke down to a slip of the pen.

  Law

• The extension is obviously newer than the hall, since its bricks are paler and the mortar lines run perfectly straight.

  Architecture

• Demand had obviously collapsed: three of the four factories stood empty and the fourth ran a single shift weekly.

  Economics

• The ball was obviously out before the buzzer, and even the home crowd fell quiet when the replay ran.

  Basketball

• The bread was obviously underbaked, since the loaf sagged in the middle and the knife came out coated in dough.

  Cooking

• The sample was obviously contaminated, because a mold colony had spread across the dish before anyone opened the incubator.

  Science

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains obviously. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• accessible
• highlight
• contribute
• economic
• global
• initially
• considerable
• constitution
• trend
• channel
• occupied
• implementation