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Strikingly vs Obviously - What's the difference?

strikingly | obviously |

As adverbs the difference between strikingly and obviously

is that strikingly is in a striking way while obviously is in a obvious manner; clearly apparent.

strikingly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (manner) In a striking way.
    • He entered strikingly , taking over the stage.
  • (degree) To a remarkable degree or extent.
    • He was strikingly deficient in good sense.
  • *
    • Patterns of evolution in the two families, however, are strikingly different.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
  • (evaluative) Remarkably, surprisingly.
    • Strikingly , he had bowed deeply to the Emperor.

    obviously

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a obvious manner; clearly apparent.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=8 citation , passage=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.}}

    Synonyms

    * (in an obvious manner) apparently, clearly, evidently, manifestly