In a defiling manner; in a way that corrupts or makes unclean.
From defiling + -ly (adverb suffix). Creates an adverb from a present participle, though this is rarely used in modern English.
Defilingly is such a rare, archaic-sounding word that it almost never appears in modern writing—but when it does, it carries enormous dramatic weight, like something is being described as purposefully corrupting!
Adverbial form carries the same gendered historical biases as root 'defile,' used to describe violations with misplaced shame.
Avoid. Use 'violatingly' or 'harmfully' instead.
["violatingly","harmfully","contaminatingly"]
Language policed women's sexuality by implying shame in the violation itself. Reclaim: shame belongs to the perpetrator, not the harmed.
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