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Definition of Starkly

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"

Definition of Starkly

1. adv. In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.

Definition of Starkly

1. Adverb. With great contrast ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Starkly

1. stark [adv] - See also: stark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Starkly

stark-nakedness stark bollock naked stark naked stark nakedness stark raving mad starked starken starkened starkens starker

starkers starkest starkeyite starking starkish starkly (current term) starkness starknesses starks starless

starlet starlets starlight starlights starlike starling starlinglike starlings starlit starly

Literary usage of Starkly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"... and, going up the Kennebec, they came to the bend in the river where before them stood starkly in the winter snow the palisades of the ..."

2. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"... and, going up the Kennebec, they came to the bend in the river where before them stood starkly in the winter snow the palisades of the ..."

3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"A» fust lock'd up in sleep, ai guiltless labour When it liée starkly in the traveller's ... And layn starkly on binde. STARLING. A corruption of sterling, ..."

4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"starkly, adv. Stiffly. As fast lock'd up in sleep, as guiltless labour When it lies starkly in the traveller's bones. Meas.for Meat., iv, 2. ..."

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