Controlled
Controlled adjective - Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.
Obvious and controlled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obvious" instead an adjective "Controlled".
Obvious
Obvious adjective - Not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation.
Controlled and obvious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlled" instead an adjective "Obvious".
Nearby Words: obviously, obviousness
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Whilst Mass Effect's future is pretty similar to the present, there are some pretty awful places to live: Omega and Tuchanka being the obvious ones, and territory controlled by the Batarian Hegemony is presumably not especially nice.
Source: Crapsack World / Video Games -
Even more obvious in the manga, where he appears to be the new Big Bad in his first appearance, and he's still controlled by aliens.
Source: Manga / The Legend of Koizumi - The afterglow in the subsequent scene makes it obvious what happened, but she apparently controlled herself well enough that nobody noticed.
Source: The Modest Orgasm
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