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starkness Definition


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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.



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