starkly
12
5.7
- adverb
- /ˈstɑrkli/
:
marcadamente
- The white of his T-shirt stood out starkly against the blue-black tattoos on his arms.
- contrasts starkly
- put the matter starkly
- starkly different
The thing is, you don't want starkly corrupt, unfair situations.
- The thing is, you don't want starkly corrupt, unfair situations.
- But what you showed was really so starkly shocking.
- He's he's he's behaving in ways that are, you know, starkly unethical.
- They're they're starkly different and they require a different skill set to work through, right.
Examples
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The white of his T-shirt stood out starkly against the blue-black tattoos on his arms.
Fiction book (1998) -
Two conclusions emerge from the preceding discussion that will seem starkly heretical in today's intellectual climate.
Academic text (1991) -
Trees in their shadows stood out starkly against the white snow, but inside there was nothing.
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Then I saw it: the same bold black writing standing out starkly on the white envelope.
Fiction book (2000) -
As these images starkly attest, alcohol remains the number one drug problem among young people today.
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The area's natural beauty, however, contrasts starkly with the state of human affairs, which were anything but tranquil.
Academic text (2015) -
The newly built hotels and office buildings that now stand empty starkly symbolize the lowered expectations.
Academic text (2000) -
The worldviews that underlie Western and Indigenous cultures are starkly different from one another.
Academic text (2004) -
The reappearance of American products, says Broyles, contrasts starkly with the ruined elegance and pretensions of French historical ambition.
Academic text (1990) -
Their life during those months couldn't have contrasted more starkly with life in New York City.
Synonyms
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1.0
In a way that is easy to see or understand
881
1.0
In a way that is easy to see, hear, or understand
76
3.2
In a way that is clear and easy to notice
30
2.8
In a way that is easy to see or recognize
25
3.9
In a very noticeable way that attracts attention
22
1.5
In a clear, strong way that is easy to notice
22
4.6
In a way that is very easy to notice
9
5.6
In a way that is very clear to everyone
7
4.4
In a clear, exact way that is easy to understand
7
4.8
In a way that is very obvious and often unpleasant
2
1.8
In a simple way without decoration
1
5.3
In a very bright or very fast way
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Starkly comes from an old German word stark, which meant 'strong' or 'stiff' and later 'plain' or 'severe', and you still hear stark in phrases like 'stark naked' or 'stark contrast'. So, to say something is starkly shown is to say it is shown in a very clear, sharp way that is hard to miss.