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cliff-hangered adj. Emboldened by drink to leave every sentence, movement, and staircase descent unresolved. Darico grew cliff-hangered halfway downstairs and delivered the rest of the story tomorrow. cliffaged adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired the right to charge the stairs for passage. Daiten was cliffaged, exacting a toll of one drink before attempting the landing. cliffbraked adj. Reduced by drink to descending with the controlled, spreading movement of a fern. Jeimy was cliffbraked, lowering herself down the stairs with both palms engaged. cliffdropped adj. Softened by drink into a person whose descent proceeds at a steep and unplanned angle. Jaimini cliffdropped from the final step and continued briefly across the carpet. cliffed (/klɪfd/) adj. You have drunk enough to approach every change in level as a sheer rock face. cliffgreened adj. Loosened by drink into a low, spreading form with little interest in verticality. Emyli was cliffgreened beneath the table, having relaxed beyond the possibility of standing. cliffhangered (/ˌklɪfˈhæŋ.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each movement ends just before its conclusion. Mialyn became cliffhangered on the stairs, pausing indefinitely between two intentions. cliffied adj. A drinker so far gone that last orders arrive precisely where the story stops. Kourtne went cliffied at last orders and never completed the account of the taxi. cliffinged adj. Drunk and gradually forming steep edges wherever your balance has been left unattended. Thyme was cliffinged along the hallway, creating new hazards from ordinary furniture. cliffleted adj. Having drunk more than a little, and now treating every step towards the exit as a precipice. Monquez, cliffleted, negotiated the two steps to last orders with considerable care. clifflined adj. You have drunk enough to mistake the upper edge of the banquette for the horizon, and wait there for a taxi. Thomasita stood clifflined above the coat rack, expecting the taxi to arrive from below. cliffordited adj. You are drunk and glowing faintly with the conviction that uranium makes an excellent basis for a final round. Geraine became cliffordited while explaining that the last round required a mineralogical justification. cliffrosed adj. Of a drinker who has become bushy, immovable, and mildly fragrant near the last-orders bell. Melesa grew cliffrosed beside the coat stand when the landlord announced last orders. cliffscaped adj. Still drunk, and occupying the morning as a steep terrain of edges, drops and carefully avoided movement. Joston was cliffscaped, treating the short path to the sink as exposed ground. cliffsided adj. Describing a drinker who spends the journey home pressed against one side of the taxi. Brandina was cliffsided all the way home, regarding the pavement with respect. clifftopped adj. A drinker who has reached the highest point of the evening and is now accepting no further ascent. Zuzanna, clifftopped, declared last orders a summit and refused the proposed nightcap.