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afterglowy

afterglowy adjective: exhibiting afterglow; resembling or pertaining to (chiefly metaphorical) afterglow.

Adjective

afterglowy (comparative more afterglowy, superlative most afterglowy)

  1. Exhibiting afterglow; resembling or pertaining to (chiefly metaphorical) afterglow.
    • Hell, it was only eight hours since he'd been kissing her goodnight, all afterglowy and affectionate.2005, Judy Astley, All Inclusive, page 232
    • The line was: “Now I know what I’ve been faking all these years,” purred by an afterglowy Goldie Hawn to a dreamboaty Armand Assante in “Private Benjamin” (1980).2015 September 18, Carrie Rickey, The New York Times

Forms of afterglowy

comparativemore afterglowy
superlativemost afterglowy

Origin of afterglowy

From afterglow + -y.

Questions about afterglowy

What does afterglowy mean?
Afterglowy means exhibiting afterglow; resembling or pertaining to (chiefly metaphorical) afterglow.
What part of speech is afterglowy?
Afterglowy is an adjective.

Words near afterglowy in the dictionary

  1. afterfruits
  2. aftergame
  3. aftergames
  4. afterglow
  5. afterglows
  6. afterglowy
  7. aftergrass
  8. aftergrasses
  9. aftergrowth
  10. aftergrowths
  11. afterguard

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