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apostleshipped adj. Drunk and occupying a position of responsibility that nobody has formally assigned. Perlena was apostleshipped on the landing, supervising steps she could not herself manage. apostlessed adj. Drunk to the point where balance has become an appointed office, held without success. Nilka was apostlessed by the stairs, presiding over a collapse with quiet dignity. apostoladoed (/əˌpɒstəˈlɑːdəʊd/) adj. Drunk past the point of recognising a row of portraits as separate people. Shigeki got apostoladoed and greeted every framed face before finding the stairs. apostolated adj. Drunk beyond carrying out ordinary duties, yet still assigning them to everyone nearby. Zadia was apostolated at the foot of the stairs, delegating the ascent to three unwilling witnesses. apostolessed adj. Drunk enough to issue instructions from the floor after a failed negotiation with gravity. Ovis became apostolessed beside the stairs and continued directing traffic from below. apostolic constitutioned adj. Drunk in a way that turns standing up into the most solemn legislation of the evening. Hennley was apostolic constitutioned and required a formal preamble before leaving the chair. apostolic exhortationed adj. Drunk, with the result that every attempt to walk is accompanied by an earnest address. Justus became apostolic exhortationed and encouraged his left foot through the doorway. apostolic lettered adj. Drunk to a degree that turns each message into a long, poorly supported dispatch. Stazia got apostolic lettered and sent Chandria a detailed account of the stairs from the bottom step. apostolic successioned adj. Drunk to the extent of passing the same unsteady technique from one person to the next. Bertell became apostolic successioned, inheriting a wobble that had travelled through four relatives. apostolic visitored adj. Drunk on the strength of a brief inspection, followed by a report nobody can decipher. Tanzania got apostolic visitored and inspected the stairs before submitting an unreadable account. apostolicalnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and preserving an unbroken chain of handholds up the staircase. Adahir was apostolicalnessed, passing from chair to wall to banister without interruption. apostolicismed adj. Emboldened by drink to convene the remaining table as a founding body and transmit, with some urgency, a message that will not hold until morning. Dynelle got apostolicismed around eleven and began addressing the group as though their attendance were historically significant. apostolicitied (/əˌpɒstəˈlɪsɪtid/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and maintaining the authenticity of the original wobble through every successor. Jazlyne was apostolicitied by closing time, reproducing the first wobble with admirable fidelity. apostolicnessed adj. Softened by drink into a state of evening-long devotion to seeing everyone safely home. Octavie became apostolicnessed and blessed the taxi queue before last orders. apostomed adj. Sharpened by drink into something small, quick and liable to dart between the tables. Declin went apostomed and slipped through the departing crowd without collecting his coat. apostosised adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose arrangements quietly expire before the journey home begins. Latrevious apostosised beside the cloakroom when the party's plans naturally came to an end.