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aftersmiles

aftersmiles is the plural of aftersmile.

Meaning of aftersmile

Noun

aftersmile (plural aftersmiles)

  1. A smile that follows something.
    • […] there were funerals as the result of a holy effort (for holy effort still we avow it to have been, and the aftersmile of God hath proved it so).1861, Charles Spurgeon, “Accidents, Not Punishments”, in The New Park Street and Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, volume 7, London: Passmore and Alabaster, published 1862, page 636
  2. A facial expression that follows a smile.
    • It made her smile, just a little one, and that was good, but the smile got switched off pretty soon and somehow that made it worse, because there was such a contrast in her face between smile and aftersmile.1992, Judith Saxton, chapter 4, in This Royal Breed,, New York: St. Martin’s Press, page 71

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Questions about aftersmiles

What is aftersmiles the plural of?
Aftersmiles is the plural of aftersmile.

Words near aftersmiles in the dictionary

  1. aftersign
  2. aftersigns
  3. afterslip
  4. afterslips
  5. aftersmile
  6. aftersmiles
  7. aftersound
  8. aftersounds
  9. afterspike
  10. afterstories
  11. afterstory

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