STARKLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does starkly mean? 

• STARKLY (adverb)
  The adverb STARKLY has 3 senses:

1. in a stark manner

2. in sharp outline or contrast

3. in a blunt manner

  Familiarity information: STARKLY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STARKLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a stark manner

Context example:

He was starkly unable to achieve coherence

Pertainym:

stark (without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In sharp outline or contrast

Context example:

the black walls rose starkly from the snow

Pertainym:

stark (severely simple)

Sense 3

Meaning:

In a blunt manner

Context example:

in starkly realistic terms

Pertainym:

stark (devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment)

 Context examples 

He was clad only in his long night-dress, and his swollen ankles and ungainly feet protruded starkly from beneath it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)