Aftersmile
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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 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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