Meanings
comparative more afterglowy · superlative most afterglowy
- 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 2321 more example
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
Origin
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afterglowy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterglowy
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