baldly vs starkly

baldly

adv
  • In a bald (blunt, matter-of-fact, unembellished, or lacking supporting details) manner. 

starkly

adv
  • In a stark manner; with great contrast. 

  • The dark mountains stood out starkly against the pale sky. 

How often have the words baldly and starkly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )