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firm handed adj. Of a drinker who has imposed strong discipline on the morning, beginning with strict control of the curtains. Kalifornia was firm handed at dawn, allowing no one to open the curtains without authorisation. firm lined adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning's first explanation meets an uncompromising boundary. firm linked adj. The state of being drunk and connected to yesterday's decisions until sleep finally breaks the association. firm powered adj. The condition of a drinker who has received a guaranteed supply of drink and is now running steadily on it. Chaden was firm powered by breakfast, maintaining a dependable output of quiet complaints. firmamented (/ˈfɜːməm(ə)ntd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has spent the morning beneath a private vault of clouds, suns, and stars. firmanned (/ˈfɜː.mənd/) adj. Reduced by drink to issuing solemn decrees about tea, silence, and the inadvisability of standing. Jakailyn was firmanned by breakfast, commanding silence until the headache had been reviewed. firmauned adj. Softened by drink into an obsolete decree, still authoritative enough to govern the morning's refreshments. Tatum was firmauned by nine, declaring the kettle's second boiling officially unnecessary. firmed (/fɜːmd/) adj. You are drunk and trading under a single, established name, despite the evidence of the morning after. firmered adj. Loosened by drink into a morning requiring both physical support and a product promising renewed firmness. Senait was firmered by breakfast, leaning on the counter while inspecting a discarded lotion. firmicuted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a harmless bacillus from a firm conviction, and prepared to classify both aloud. Mckenlee got firmicuted and reorganised the buffet according to bacterial phyla. firming agented adj. Sufficiently drunk to strengthen every proposal by adding an ingredient nobody can identify. Aunna became firming agented and improved the gravy with something from her handbag. firmitied adj. Having drunk more than your balance can support, yet regarding each collapse as evidence of resilience. Timyra was firmitied and repeatedly demonstrated her stability beside the coat stand. firmituded adj. Having drunk enough to mistake unsteadiness for stability and challenge the furniture to prove otherwise. firmnessed (/ˈfɜːmnəsd/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat a wavering opinion as a fixed principle and defend it accordingly. firmographicsed adj. You are drunk and segmenting everyone at the party by turnover, headcount and probable purchasing power. Mali got firmographicsed and sorted the guests into emerging, established and overleveraged. firmossed (/ˈfɜː(ɹ)mɒsd/) adj. Of a drinker: quietly convinced that the nearest damp corner is a viable alpine refuge. Pristine was firmossed and settled beside the beer garden's least comfortable shrub.