7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
adverb in a stark manner
adverb in sharp outline or contrast
adverb in a blunt manner
originFrom 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0