English Explanatory Dictionary

starkly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In a stark manner; with great contrast.

Word forms

starkly more starkly most starkly

Etymology

From Middle English starkli, starcliche, sterkliche, stercliche, from Old English stearclīċe (“strongly; stoutly; vigorously; vehemently; fiercely; strictly”), from Proto-Germanic *starkulīka (“strongly; stiffly”), from *starkulīkaz (“strong; rigid”), from *starkuz (“strong; stiff; stark”), equivalent to stark + -ly.

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