afterglowy

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English

Etymology

From afterglow +‎ -y.

Adjective

afterglowy (comparative more afterglowy, superlative most afterglowy)

  1. Exhibiting afterglow; resembling or pertaining to (chiefly metaphorical) afterglow.
    • 2005, Judy Astley, All Inclusive, page 232:
      Hell, it was only eight hours since he'd been kissing her goodnight, all afterglowy and affectionate.
    • 2015 September 18, Carrie Rickey, The New York Times:
      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).