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starkly

[ UK /stˈɑːkli/ ]
[ US /ˈstɑɹkɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a stark manner
    He was starkly unable to achieve coherence
  2. in a blunt manner
    in starkly realistic terms
  3. in sharp outline or contrast
    the black walls rose starkly from the snow

How To Use starkly In A Sentence

  • Her later sensual works contrast starkly with the harsh earlier paintings.
  • This starkly produced single combines a sultry female vocal with hypnotic electronics and shows Tricky at his subtle best. The Sun
  • Traditionally, cases of superfecundation have been discovered by the starkly different appearances of twins.
  • The threat of terrorists waging biological warfare on Britain was starkly underlined last night when the Government announced that it was acquiring enough smallpox vaccine to inoculate the entire population.
  • These theories contrast starkly with the reality of everyday life.
  • The bleak outlook in Europe contrasts starkly with a far more positive outlook in other regions. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Vegas audience of polyester-clad gamblers and middle-aged couples contrast starkly with the fag-puffing, beer-swilling crowds at home.
  • The variations increase in complexity towards a climactic restatement of the starkly modal theme.
  • These theories contrast starkly with the reality of everyday life.
  • In a review for New Humanist of two recent books written by political bloggers - Liberal Fascism by National Review Online blogger Jonah Goldberg, and The Liberal Defence of Murder by Lenin's Tomb author Richard Seymour - he finds that in the transition to the printed page all the faults of those with 'blogorrhea' are starkly revealed: sloppy research, cheap name-calling, historical immaturity, overstatement, distortion, factual errors and near-endless repetition. New Humanist Blog
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