starkly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in a stark manner
    • He was starkly unable to achieve coherence
  2. adverb in sharp outline or contrast
    • the black walls rose starkly from the snow
  3. adverb in a blunt manner
    • in starkly realistic terms

WordNet


Stark"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
    Its onward force too starky pent In figure, bone, and lineament. Emerson.

Webster 1913