Aftersmile

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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)."

  2. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Following a smile. not-comparable

    "The smile was gone, but the face still had an aftersmile glow on it;"

Example

More examples

"[…] 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)."

Etymology

From after- + smile.

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