adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
clearly/obviously embarrassed (= in a way that is obvious to other people )
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He was clearly embarrassed about what had happened.
obviously/clearly/visibly relieved
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She was obviously relieved to have escaped.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
important
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The kind of firing set-up used is obviously important in determining the firing atmosphere achieved.
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If you are considering going on secondment during term time it is obviously important to minimise disruption to the teaching programme.
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This is most obviously important where there is a direct link between the degree subject and occupation.
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It is obviously important that everyone understands exactly how the law applies and your solicitor will be able to explain the situation.
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It is obviously important to check all other members of a household and make sure that any other infested people are treated.
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It is obviously important to know whether the car has been stolen or whether the driver has a criminal record.
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It is obviously important to ensure that there is no asset stripping.
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The findings from these research projects are obviously important for ward learning and teaching.
■ VERB
enjoy
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They were both very good to her, amusing her and obviously enjoying her company.
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The man was obviously enjoying himself, but the precise nature of that pleasure eluded Quinn.
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It was great to see so many climbers just having a go and obviously enjoying themselves.
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Here is a show where the young people on stage obviously enjoy themselves.
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After all, a dog or a cat will come for the rub and tickle it so obviously enjoys .
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Nervous at first, by the time the Shah reached the end of the line, he was obviously enjoying himself.
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How many pupils obviously enjoyed it?
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As I say, next to Paul and me were these two ladies obviously enjoying every mouthful of their meal.
feel
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He obviously felt really guilty about that.
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And many of those truckers obviously felt it was their right to deliver goods to points far beyond the border town.
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He obviously feels guilty about this.
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And he walked on, obviously feeling much better.
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The geologists sense that some funding agencies' obviously feel that ophiolite work is a waste of time.
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You are obviously feeling down or doubting your abilities.
need
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The company obviously needed a new image to express their growing importance internationally.
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Cesarean Section Cesarean delivery is obviously needed in certain situations and has saved many lives.
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Some capital projects obviously need current resources to run them.
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We obviously need some protection against patronage hiring and firing.
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We obviously need to pin the term down more firmly.
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One of Murphy's Laws states that if the statistics don't prove your point then you obviously need more statistics!
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Such children obviously need general assessment, not merely an examination of their ears and hearing.
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And to do this at all one obviously needs a general account of the relation between them.
think
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He obviously thought her friends would either be dead, or in the hands of the Gestapo.
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A railway conductor appeared, saw the uniform and the gun, and obviously thought it wiser not to intervene and disappeared.
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She obviously thought he was barmy.
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But their parents had obviously thought it was a suitable area.
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He obviously thinks you were one.
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He obviously thought he was being funny, but he wasn't.
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He obviously thought she was a man-hungry piranha, and really who could blame him?
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But you obviously think the others did.
want
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Exhibitions are not just about selling work, though you will obviously want to seel as much as possible.
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Society obviously wants something more from families than it is currently getting.
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That was strange but my main concern now was how to get to her, since she obviously wanted me.
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She very obviously wanted to be left alone.
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He obviously wants to see the Christians in the capital city of the empire.
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Mr. Nelson Because Governments obviously want to timetable their Bills and get their business through as soon as possible.
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The acquirer will obviously want warranties and indemnities to be given by people with financial strength.
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We obviously want to avoid asset stripping and the selling on of assets at a large profit.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He obviously likes you.
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The barber was obviously drunk.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the reverse is true when an attorney represents a person who is obviously guilty or whose guilt is widely perceived.
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It obviously takes it out of you, being working class.
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Or that the only purpose of it is for procreation, which is obviously disproved in the above passage.
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She's obviously prepared to put up with your terms.
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The winner is obviously the player with the intact conker.
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This is very obviously the approach of some one writing exclusively and specifically for the young.
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We obviously need some protection against patronage hiring and firing.
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While obviously busy and gearing up for a big night, the servers here were ever mindful of their dining patrons.