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straight-edgered adj. Drunk on the strength of a firm personal rule, applied with increasing confidence and decreasing accuracy. straight-eighted adj. The drunkenness of one who runs smoothly in a single unbroken line from sofa to kitchen and back. straight-face tested adj. Softened by drink into making a serious case for leaving the supper dishes until tomorrow. straight-pulled adj. Loosened by drink into drawing the evening back in one smooth motion, without stopping to reconsider. straight-shootered adj. Softened by drink into speaking with unearned candour and the confidence of a reliable witness. straight-sixed adj. Emboldened by drink to make six separate trips for water, all with the same determined expression. straight-tusked elephanted adj. Slowed by drink to an ancient, heavy progress, requiring the full width of the passage to reach the sofa. straightawayed (/ˈstɹeɪtəˌweɪd/) adj. Drunk enough to proceed in one unbroken line, as though the route to the bar were marked out for racing. straightbilled adj. Drunk and delivering small, direct remarks from the kitchen, as though perched there for the evening. Monyetta sat straightbilled beside the kettle and offered brief judgements on every mug. straightbreded adj. Drunk to the point where every domestic decision follows one inherited line and admits no variation. Gaosheng was straightbreded and insisted that water belonged on the bedside table, never the floor. straightdared adj. Drunk enough to infer a person's romantic life from the way they hold a tea towel. straighted (/stɹeɪtd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has become geometrically direct while remaining practically unable to follow a line. straightedged adj. Drunk past the point of tolerating crooked coasters, cushions, or glasses on the coffee table. straightenered (/ˈstɹeɪt(ə)nəd/) adj. Drunk beyond using heated tongs sensibly, and now treating every household object as something to smooth. Absalat got straightenered and tried to flatten the tea towel with the back of a spoon. straighteninged adj. Drunk in a way that restores order to one thing while displacing three others. straightered adj. Drunk, with the result that a cigarette becomes a firm domestic promise to sit quietly and drink water. Blandon was straightered and announced that the sofa required no further movement tonight.