afterglowy

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).