starkly

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Scrabble points: 14
Words With Friends: 14
Letters: 7

Definition of starkly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

In a stark manner; with great contrast.

“The dark mountains stood out starkly against the pale sky.”
“We initially came to this data collection technique through research conducted into the linguistic landscape at NIE which yielded an overwhelmingly English-biased signage which was starkly at odds with our own day-to-day experience at the institute.”

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Etymology

From Middle English starkli, starcliche, sterkliche, stercliche, from Old English stearclīċe (“strongly; stoutly; vigorously; vehemently; fiercely; strictly”), from Proto-Germanic *starkulīka (“strongly; stiffly”), from *starkulīkaz (“strong; rigid”), from *starkuz (“strong; stiff; stark”), equivalent to stark + -ly.

Anagrams of starkly

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KRYSTAL 14 pts

Words you can make from starkly

99 playable · top: STALKY (13 pts)

Best play stalky 13 points

6-letter words

1 word

STYLAR 9 pts

5-letter words

20 words

4-letter words

35 words

3-letter words

33 words

2-letter words

9 words

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