Unobvious

a. (UN-¹ 7.)

  Frequently used by Boyle and Jer. Bentham.

1643.  Prynne, 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.

1661.  Boyle, Style of Scrip., 45. Though some unobvious Stars of that bright sphære cannot be discerned without the help of a Telescope.

1676.  Glanvill, Ess., iii. 44. The knowledge and application of some unobvious and unheeded Properties and Laws of natural things.

1718.  Freethinker (1733), No. 155. 240. It is able to perceive the unobvious Distinctions between things, which bear a very near Resemblance to one another.

1798.  T. Green, Diary Lover of Lit. (1810), 109. Its efficient cause, therefore, must not be sought … in any unobvious qualities.

1845.  Mill, Ess., II. 183. To trace back this philanthropic movement … to its small and unobvious beginnings.

1890.  Spectator, 25 Oct. Mr. Orger’s amendment … would appear to be as unobvious … as need be.