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unˈobvious, a.
(un-1 7.)
Frequently used by Boyle and Jer. Bentham.
1643Prynne Popish R. Favourite 36 Some more speciall passages in Popish writers,..which because then unobvious and unknown to most, I had an intention to have published. 1661Boyle Style of Script. 45 Though some unobvious Stars of that bright sphære cannot be discerned without the help of a Telescope. 1676Glanvill Ess. iii. 44 The knowledge and application of some unobvious and unheeded Properties and Laws of natural things. 1718Freethinker (1733) No. 155. 240 It is able to perceive the unobvious Distinctions between things, which bear a very near Resemblance to one another. 1798T. Green Diary Lover of Lit. (1810) 109 Its efficient cause, therefore, must not be sought..in any unobvious qualities. 1845Mill Ess. II. 183 To trace back this philanthropic movement..to its small and unobvious beginnings. 1890Spectator 25 Oct., Mr. Orger's amendment..would appear to be as unobvious..as need be. |