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afterlight

[af-ter-lahyt, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌlaɪt, ˈɑf- /
NOUN
revision
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alteration amendment improvement modification reconsideration reexamination review
STRONG
correction editing emendation homework polish rectification redaction redraft rescript retrospect retrospection revisal revise updating
WEAK
overhauling recension rectifying reediting restyling
Antonyms
STRONGEST
worsening
NOUN
twilight
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dusk sunset
STRONG
afterglow decline dimness ebb end evening eventide gloaming half-light night nightfall sundown
WEAK
crepuscular light early evening last phase late afternoon
Antonyms
WEAK
dawn daybreak sunrise

Example Sentences

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There followed the wonderful afterlight that a short, drenching rain leaves behind it—a hush of light, deeply pervasive and friendly.

From More Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge

A mellow afterlight was shining over sea and shore.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

The gulf beyond was still silvery blue in the afterlight.

From Rilla of Ingleside by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

It was a very calm evening with a dim, golden afterlight irradiating the glen.

From Rilla of Ingleside by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

The sun had set some time since, but the landscape was still clear in the mellow afterlight.

From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)