obviousness

“When Israel is singled out because of anti-Jewish hatred, that is antisemitism,” the ADL asserts in its complaint, with solemn obviousness.

Projection is a habit that has been embraced by his allies, to a point of obviousness that makes it feel like a waste of breath to observe it.

The pathos of the excuse was compounded by the obviousness of the lie, as many a late-night host reminded us that Trump has never missed a meal in his life.

If Paul and Angus’ mutual loathing is spelled out with grating obviousness, their moments of genuine bonding and fitful reconciliation are too often pushed to the margins or relegated to a glossy acoustic-rock montage.

The fundamental obviousness of what’s happening accounts for why, unlike Grann’s book, which disgorged its secrets gradually, Scorsese and Roth pretty much clue us in from the outset.