obviously

adv

1. In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.

   “She was in floods of tears and obviously very upset.”

   “She'd obviously not gone to sleep yet: her eyes were bloodshot with sleepiness.”

   “The plane has obviously been delayed.”

   “It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.”

   “She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else.”

2. (colloquial)Used as a filler word, or to introduce information even when not obvious.

   “You weren't to know, but I've spoken to, obviously, Jim about this, and ...”