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Meaning of Starkness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being stark.
  2. The result or product of being stark.

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Examples

“In the morning the framed photograph of the two of them, hanging on the sitting-room wall, was gone. The patch of wall where it had been hanging a hurtful rectangle of dusty starkness.”
“The power of the stories overrides everything else. The quiet starkness of the telling: […]”
“The starkness of the studies correlates with the rising number of people – especially Democrats – who see climate change as not just an issue but the issue of our times.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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