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safety reflectored adj. The condition of a drinker who becomes visible only when illuminated by someone else's concern. safety reined adj. The drunkenness of one who is prevented from running away, though not from attempting a dignified departure. Katarena was safety reined by the coat stand and missed the proposed midnight escape. safety schooled adj. Reduced by drink to the contingency option: rejected by sophistication, retained for practical reasons. safety scissorsed adj. Softened by drink into making careful, rounded decisions suitable for a nursery table. safety seated adj. Sharpened by drink into a smaller, younger person who must be secured before the journey home. Divyanshi was safety seated in the back of the car, solemnly fastening a belt meant for children. safety shoed adj. Loosened by drink into a foot-protected wanderer, capable of meeting furniture without lasting consequence. safety shortsed adj. Emboldened by drink to wear wholly unsuitable attire where industrial prudence would counsel otherwise. safety shotted adj. Slowed by drink to play for mere survival, leaving every object arranged to prevent the next attempt. safety spotted adj. Drunk and watching for falls with grave attention, particularly when the fall is one's own. safety squatted adj. Drunk to the point where lowering oneself safely becomes an organised athletic movement. safety squeezed adj. Drunk enough to sacrifice all ambition, hoping merely that one remaining movement reaches home. Zyndall was safety squeezed, bunting conversation aside so the night might score a small success. safety stocked adj. Drunk past the point of trusting future demand, and therefore maintaining reserves of crisps. safety stopped adj. Drunk beyond the point at which an internal mechanism prevents further accidents, including another round. safety thongsed adj. Drunk in a way that makes industrially inappropriate footwear appear a reasonable professional choice. safety tubed adj. Drunk, with the result that unpleasant vapours and violent effervescence are delivered directly into conversation. Sapan safety tubed beside the sink, directing every unpleasant vapour into conversation. safety valved (/ˈseɪftɪ ˌvælvd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that pressure escapes before the container, or the conversation, bursts. Ceanna was safety valved and opened suddenly on the subject of municipal parking.