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midlighted adj. Drunk on the strength of events that are neither fortunate nor unfortunate, merely difficult to explain before tea. Takaiya woke midlighted, unable to call the party a success or a failure. midlined adj. Drunk since last orders, and divided neatly down the middle between composure and collapse. midlingsed adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced every movement to an intermediate quality and size. Arisai was midlingsed, producing moderately priced gestures at the stairwell. midlobed adj. Drunk by the third round, and occupying the middle portion of every thought without reaching either edge. Cavin was midlobed by breakfast, offering the centre of each story and losing both ends. midlunged adj. Drunk by closing time, and breathing from the centre of one lung as though the other had taken leave. midmained adj. Still drunk, and drifting in the middle of the sea long after the shore has become a practical suggestion. Ruppert woke midmained, afloat in the duvet and unconcerned about reaching the kitchen. midmajored adj. Too drunk to join the principal conference, but still capable of competing energetically in the minor one. midmanagemented adj. Having drunk enough to supervise the morning after without accepting responsibility for any of its actual decisions. Xenna was midmanagemented by nine, delegating the search for her shoes to someone less senior. midmanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to attend the household's deliveries, taking the professional middle position between arrival and departure. Adithi went midmanned at closing time, professionally positioned between leaving and arriving. midmarketed adj. Having drunk more than premium caution allows, yet remaining priced somewhere between sense and complete ruin. Fernanda was midmarketed, priced between prudence and complete ruin after several drinks. midmealed adj. You have drunk enough to remain permanently halfway through a meal, with the fork paused and the morning advancing. midmeetinged adj. You are drunk and still halfway through a meeting that ended hours ago, answering questions from the duvet. Marynell remained midmeetinged at breakfast, taking minutes on the back of a takeaway menu. midmonthed (/ˈmɪdmʌnθd/) adj. Drunk enough to make the middle of the month a firm deadline for decisions that could wait. midmorned adj. Emboldened by drink to deliver a serious speech at an hour normally reserved for finding one’s shoes. midmorninged adj. Drunk in a way that makes the middle of the morning feel like an appropriate point for final decisions. midmotioned adj. Drunk, with the result that every decision is made during motion and none can be revised. Tyonia went midmotioned and changed trains while the doors were closing.