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"