aftersmile
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3ADJ.
sly, still, thin
AFTERSMILE + NOUN
earth, god, hath, s, teardrops
PREP.
on, with
Definitions
noun
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).
No night drops down upon the troubled breast, / When heaven’s aftersmile, earth’s teardrops gain, / And mother finds her home and far-off rest.
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.
adj
Following a smile.
The smile was gone, but the face still had an aftersmile glow on it;
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4[…] 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).
WiktionaryNo night drops down upon the troubled breast, / When heaven’s aftersmile, earth’s teardrops gain, / And mother finds her home and far-off rest.
WiktionarySmiling with imperturbable tenderness, Mrs. Selborne thrust out her heavy legs slowly to swell with warm ripe smack his gift of flowered green-silk garters. Wetting his thumb with sly thin aftersmile,
WiktionaryThe smile was gone, but the face still had an aftersmile glow on it;
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