Emily Dickinson Lexicon

OB'VI-OUS, a. [L. obvius. See the Verb.]

1. Meeting; opposed in front. I to the evil turn / My obvious breast. [Not now used.] Milton.
2. Open; exposed. [Little used.] Milton.
3. Plain; evident; easily discovered, seen or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect. We say, a phenomenon obvious to the sight, or a truth obvious to the mind. Milton. Dryden.