adj.
VERBS
▪ appear , be , look , seem , sound
▪ become
▪
It soon became ~ that the machine did not work.
▪ make sth
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His manner made it ~ he didn't like her.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪
I'm not going to tell Jim about this, for fairly ~ reasons.
▪ blatantly , blindingly , glaringly , patently , transparently ( esp. BrE )
▪ completely , perfectly , quite
▪
The answer is perfectly ~!
▪ increasingly
▪ by no means , far from , less than , not at all , not entirely
▪
It was far from ~ how they were going to get off the island.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ apparently , seemingly
▪ immediately
▪
It was immediately ~ that the bag was too heavy.
▪ intuitively
▪
Avoid making intuitively ~ but unfounded assertions.
▪ depressingly , painfully
▪
It was becoming painfully ~ that the two of them had nothing in common.
▪ all too
▪
The ineptitude of the government was all too ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
It is ~ to me that you're unhappy in your job.
PHRASES
▪ be so ~ that …
▪
The metaphor is so ~ that it's impossible to miss.
Obvious is used with these nouns: ↑ advantage , ↑ alternative , ↑ amusement , ↑ analogy , ↑ annoyance , ↑ answer , ↑ appeal , ↑ attraction , ↑ benefit , ↑ bias , ↑ candidate , ↑ case , ↑ choice , ↑ clue , ↑ conclusion , ↑ connection , ↑ connotation , ↑ contender , ↑ contradiction , ↑ correlation , ↑ culprit , ↑ danger , ↑ defect , ↑ delight , ↑ difference , ↑ disadvantage , ↑ disappointment , ↑ discomfort , ↑ disdain , ↑ disgust , ↑ dislike , ↑ disparity , ↑ distaste , ↑ distinction , ↑ distress , ↑ drawback , ↑ embarrassment , ↑ enjoyment , ↑ enthusiasm , ↑ example , ↑ exception , ↑ explanation , ↑ extension , ↑ fact , ↑ fault , ↑ flaw , ↑ gag , ↑ gap , ↑ highlight , ↑ hint , ↑ implication , ↑ importance , ↑ improvement , ↑ inadequacy , ↑ inference , ↑ influence , ↑ lack , ↑ lie , ↑ limitation , ↑ link , ↑ loser , ↑ manifestation , ↑ merit , ↑ motive , ↑ move , ↑ omission , ↑ parallel , ↑ pitfall , ↑ pleasure , ↑ pointer , ↑ possibility , ↑ precedent , ↑ question , ↑ reason , ↑ reference , ↑ relevance , ↑ relief , ↑ reluctance , ↑ resemblance , ↑ sarcasm , ↑ satisfaction , ↑ shortcoming , ↑ sign , ↑ similarity , ↑ sincerity , ↑ slant , ↑ solution , ↑ starting point , ↑ successor , ↑ suspect , ↑ talent , ↑ target , ↑ thing , ↑ trap , ↑ truth , ↑ violation , ↑ way , ↑ weakness