afterglowy

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adjective

Exhibiting afterglow; resembling or pertaining to (chiefly metaphorical) afterglow.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectiveafterglowy (comparative more afterglowy, superlative most 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
    1 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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APA

afterglowy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterglowy

MLA

“afterglowy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterglowy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afterglowy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterglowy.

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