starkly

stark  (stärk)

adj. stark·er, stark·est

1. Bare or blunt: "His language has become increasingly stark, to the point of sounding strident" (Robert Pear).

2. Complete or utter; extreme: stark poverty; a stark contrast.

3. Harsh; grim: "faced with that stark future" (Robert C. McFarlane). "[They] found it hard to accept such a stark portrait of unrelieved failure" (W. Bruce Lincoln).

adv.

Utterly; entirely: stark raving mad.

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[Middle English, stiff, severe, strong, from Old English stearc; see ster-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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starkly adv.

starkness 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"

Translations

starkly [ˈstɑːklɪ] ADV

1. (= austerely) [furnished] → austeramente; [describe] → escuetamente, sucintamente
starkly beautiful → de una belleza austera

2. (= clearly) [illustrate] → crudamente; [outline] → claramente; [stand out] → con claridad; [different, apparent, evident] → completamente
to contrast starkly with sth → contrastar brutalmente con algo
to be starkly exposed → quedar completamente al descubierto
he put the choice starkly → expuso la alternativa sin ambages → nos ofreció la alternativa y nada más

starkly [ˈstɑː^rkli] adv

(= bluntly) [presented, illustrated] → de manière concrète

(= vividly) [different] → singulièrement; [contrast] → de manière frappante

(= austerely) [furnished] → austèrement
The room was starkly furnished → La chambre était austèrement meublée.
starkly beautiful → d'une beauté austère

starkly

adv lit → grell; described → krass, schonungslos; different, apparent → vollkommen; starkly dressed in black → in tristes Schwarz gekleidet; trees starkly silhouetted against the winter sky → Bäume, die sich hart gegen den Winterhimmel abhoben; to contrast starkly with something (fig) → sich krass von etw unterscheiden; to be starkly exposed → schonungslos aufgedeckt sein; a starkly beautiful region → eine karge und zugleich schöne Gegend