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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Starkly

· Stark·ly · IPA /stˈɑrkliː/
01 adv. In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
  1. 1.
    In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
    “Its onward force too starkly pent In figure, bone, and lineament.” Emerson.