Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly; rigidly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb With great
contrast
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in sharp outline or contrast
- adverb in a stark manner
- adverb in a blunt manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The issue, put starkly, is this: why are so few resources poured into curing the most basic, preventable diseases, when so many resources are dedicated to stem cell research?
The World Council of Churches on Stem Cells « Anglican Samizdat 2009
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Combining interviews with fictional and real-life combatants of the 1982 Lebanon War, filmmaker Ari Folman recreates various recollections in starkly dark vignettes that mix the boldly outlined and clean appearance of internet Flash cartoons with the fluidity of traditional animation.
Flixnjoystix.com! » New Release Tuesday! A Look At This Week’s Notable DVD/Blu-ray Releases! 2009
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And even Orange County Democrat Rep. Loretta Sanchez, who is fighting to keep her seat, got on Univision and pit her Latino base against their more conservative Vietnamese neighbors in starkly racial terms.
Rinku Sen: An Uptick in Racism in Campaigns in 2010 Rinku Sen 2010
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It also has amazing cinematography, in starkly beautiful black-and-white.
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You had 2 predominately white states voting in starkly different ways.
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This, the paper says – in starkly simple terms – "has flopped".
Another fine mess… Richard 2006
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The Downing Street Memo and all the questions it raises are one thing, but the Sheehans put a human face and a name to the anguish and sadness that war brings not only on the battlefield but at home and raised the question of why we went to war in starkly human terms.
August 2005 2005
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"Such exclusion finds expression starkly in the high rate of unemployment."
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Its cover features the title and author's name starkly printed in black and gray type against a white background, along with a black-and-white photo of Jobs, thumb and forefinger to his chin.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By RACHEL METZ 2011
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Its cover features the title and author's name starkly printed in black and gray type against a white background, along with a black-and-white photo of Jobs, thumb and forefinger to his chin.
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