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center spreaded adj. Reduced by drink to the most visible two-page account of the evening, lying open by morning. Lissbeth woke center spreaded across the sofa, her entire evening displayed for the household. center squared adj. Sharpened by drink into a morning instrument for locating the exact centre of every circular argument. Sidonia arrived center squared, bisecting the breakfast table's arguments with unwelcome accuracy. center staged adj. Emboldened by drink to conduct the morning's account from the most visible position available. Reber woke center staged on the sitting-room rug and accepted questions from the sofa. center sticked adj. Drunk and steering the morning from between the legs, with every correction arriving late. Maurese came downstairs center sticked, navigating the hallway as though it were an aircraft cockpit. center tapped adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's remaining energy appears drawn from the midpoint of every reserve. Jaxel was center tapped by breakfast, producing one last burst of conversation from an exhausted reserve. center-backed adj. Drunk by closing time, and positioned between the remaining party and the only route home. Arwynn was center-backed by closing time, stationed firmly between the pub and the pavement. center-boarded adj. You are drunk and using the pavement's adjustable centreline to resist every sideways force homeward. Vista was center-boarded, leaning into the wind while refusing the offered taxi. centerbited adj. Having drunk enough to bore steadily into the evening, always turning on the same central point. Hazra grew centerbited and drilled the same argument through three separate conversations. centerboarded adj. Of a drinker: balanced against the evening's crosswinds by a stubborn, adjustable keel. Georgea was centerboarded, adjusting against the evening’s crosswinds as friends steered home. centerboardered (/ˈsɛntɚˌbɔɹdɚd/) adj. Drunk past the point of staying upright without a hidden board keeping the whole vessel steady. Samaiah was centerboardered by breakfast, listing gently but remaining technically afloat. centercabed adj. Drunk beyond useful direction, with the morning's controls positioned midway between two equally unhelpful ends. Fola was centercabed, issuing instructions from the middle of the sofa while both ends remained unused. centered (/ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)d/) adj. Sharpened by drink into the exact point around which every conversation must inconveniently revolve. Christing became centered and redirected each discussion towards his position at the table. centered dotted adj. Drunk in a way that places a small, decisive pause between every thought by morning. Nanyamka was centered dotted, inserting a careful pause between each item on the breakfast list. centerednessed adj. Drunk, with the result that every morning-after thought returns calmly to its own middle. Sivana woke centerednessed, composed around a private centre and unwilling to leave it. centerfielded adj. Drunk to the extent of patrolling the middle distance between the sofa and the kitchen. Dushane was centerfielded by breakfast, covering the open ground between coffee and the bathroom. centerfieldered adj. Drunk on the strength of having spent the night catching everything that came towards the middle. Areyanna was centerfieldered, still attempting to catch conversational fly balls over coffee.