"starkly" in the adverb sense
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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