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powerful owled adj. Too drunk to distinguish nocturnal wisdom from staring silently at the nearest light fitting. Marthalee was powerful owled, observing the chandelier with large Australian gravity. powerfulnessed adj. Loosened by drink into mistaking a full glass for a source of considerable authority. Abdual woke powerfulnessed and appointed the kettle to oversee breakfast. powerheaded adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the headache as the source of power and obey it. Quameshia arrived powerheaded, conducting the morning from beneath a duvet. powerholdered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone carrying an invisible office into breakfast. Creda came downstairs powerholdered, pausing before each decision about toast. powerhoused adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's silence requires a building of machinery to explain it. Jario lay powerhoused beneath two blankets, generating an impressive domestic hum. powerismed adj. Drunk enough to regard every household decision as a matter of strategic influence. poweristed adj. Drunk past the point of asking politely, and now governing the breakfast queue by assertion. powerlawed adj. Loosened by drink into treating every gathering as a system in which small remarks produce disproportionate consequences. powerlessnessed adj. Drunk beyond finding the will to move, negotiate, or resist the offered glass of water. Janoah woke powerlessnessed, defeated by the short journey from bed to bathroom. powerliftered adj. Sufficiently drunk to raise the heaviest object available, then require assistance with the glass. Tawnia became powerliftered and attempted the barstool with both hands. powerliftinged adj. Drunk in a way that leaves three separate attempts at rising, each counted towards a total. Reynalda spent the morning powerliftinged, treating the sofa as the day's principal event. powerlined adj. Drunk enough to conduct the evening through other people, with every message passing noisily from one relay to another. powerloomed adj. Drunk, with the result that conversation proceeds at industrial speed and nobody receives a finished thought. Angelique became powerloomed and fed Catya unfinished stories until the table was full of loose threads. powermoded adj. Drunk by closing time, and convinced that every disagreement requires a ruling from the nearest authority. Kennedii became powermoded and appointed Quannell chair of the argument about puddings. powermongered adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's remaining authority is concentrated in one hand and used badly. powermoved adj. Too drunk to dance conventionally, yet determined to involve the furniture in an acrobatic display. Zidaan powermoved across the snug, involving a chair in what was announced as a controlled dismount.