starkly Definition

stark
adj

1. Barren or severely bare; harsh or simple.

Example: a stark treeless hillside
Thesaurus: plain, severe, stern; austere, bald, bare, barren, bleak, cold, desolate.
2. Plain; unembellished.

Example: the stark truth
3. Utter; downright.

Example: an act of stark stupidity

adverb

1. Utterly; completely.

Example: stark staring bonkers
Thesaurus: totally, utterly, absolutely, altogether, completely, entirely, wholly; Antonym: mildly, slightly.

Derivative: starkly
adverb

Derivative: starkness
noun

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon stearc hard or strong.