WordNet Dictionary- [adv] in a blunt manner; "in starkly realistic terms"
- [adv] in sharp outline or contrast; "the black walls rose starkly from the snow"
- [adv] in a stark manner; "He was starkly unable to achieve coherence"
Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Stark"ly\, adv.
In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
Its onward force too starky pent In figure, bone, and
lineament. --Emerson.