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starkly
stark S0710500 (stärk)adj. stark·er, stark·est 1. Clearly distinguished or delineated: a stark contrast.2. a. Bare, desolate, or unadorned: an apartment with stark white walls; the stark beauty of the desert landscape.b. Severe or unmitigated; harsh or grim: "[They] found it hard to accept such a stark portrait of unrelieved failure" (W. Bruce Lincoln).3. Complete or utter; extreme: stark disbelief.adv. Utterly; entirely: stark raving mad.
[Middle English, stiff, severe, strong, from Old English stearc; see ster- in Indo-European roots.]
stark′ly adv.stark′ness n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | starkly - in a stark manner; "He was starkly unable to achieve coherence" | | 2. | starkly - in sharp outline or contrast; "the black walls rose starkly from the snow" | | 3. | starkly - in a blunt manner; "in starkly realistic terms" |
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