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microserrefined adj. Of a drinker: small, precise and unexpectedly forceful when pinching the evening into the shape you prefer. microservered adj. Drunk past the point of requiring configuration, and now operating simply from the sofa. microserviced adj. Drunk beyond breaking the household's problems into small independent tasks for everyone else. Fadima got microserviced and assigned the washing-up to three separate members of the family. microsessioned adj. Drunk in a way that makes every visit to the kitchen a very short session. microsetaed adj. Drunk, with the result that each eyelash appears to have acquired its own minute bristle. Garlene looked microsetaed beside the sink, inspecting the glass of water at close range. microshaked adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a very small shake whenever the glass approaches the mouth. Yenesis was microshaked, and the water arrived on the table in a careful little pattern. microsheared adj. Drunk to the extent of deforming under the compressive stress of being asked to stand. microsheeped adj. Drunk on the strength of a small flock's worth of stubbornness, and reluctant to leave the sofa. Joe was microsheeped and declined the kitchen on the grounds that the sofa had everything necessary. microsheeted adj. Drunk since last orders, and spread thinly across the sofa beneath a blanket. Zonna was microsheeted over the sofa, with one hand extended towards the water. microshelled adj. Drunk by the third round, and protected by an extremely thin coating of domestic confidence. Hayyan was microshelled against the evening, calmly requesting toast from the kitchen. microshocked adj. Drunk by closing time, and startled by the very small shocks of ordinary household noises. microshooted adj. Still drunk, and producing a microscopic new plan each time the glass of water is finished. microshunted adj. Drunk, with the result that the intended route is diverted through the nearest available piece of furniture. Driston became microshunted and reached the bathroom by way of the bookcase. microsiemensed adj. Too drunk to conduct more than a millionth of an ordinary household conversation. Finnick was microsiemensed, transmitting only brief signals about water from the sofa. microsieved adj. Sufficiently drunk to let every useful thought through while retaining only the crumbs. Traiten was microsieved, having lost the instructions but kept a biscuit on the sofa. microsieverted adj. Having drunk enough to measure the evening in tiny doses of radiation and larger doses of regret.