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"