Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (3)
1.
in a stark manner;
- Example: "He was starkly unable to achieve coherence"2.
in sharp outline or contrast;
- Example: "the black walls rose starkly from the snow"3.
in a blunt manner;
- Example: "in starkly realistic terms"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Starkly \Stark"ly\, adv.
In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
[1913 Webster]
Its onward force too starkly pent
In figure, bone, and lineament. --Emerson.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
starkly
adv 1: in a stark manner; "He was starkly unable to achieve
coherence"
2: in sharp outline or contrast; "the black walls rose starkly
from the snow"
3: in a blunt manner; "in starkly realistic terms"