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amblyoponined adj. Slowed by drink to a careful crawl between the bed, the kettle and the nearest available chair. Nazaiah was amblyoponined, completing the journey to the kettle in several measured stages. amblyopsided adj. Drunk and emerging from the darkened bedroom only to forage briefly before retreating. Lashya was amblyopsided, appearing from the bedroom for toast and disappearing again. amblyoscoped adj. Drunk to the point where the morning consists of two overlapping views, neither properly aligned. Canesha was amblyoscoped, reaching for the mug while watching its duplicate. amblypygided adj. Drunk enough to sidle through the morning sideways, avoiding furniture and direct questions. Sylvianne was amblypygided, edging past the breakfast table without committing to a direction. amblystomided adj. Sharpened by drink into a pale, watchful creature with an unnecessarily precise opinion about the bar tap. Harshika went amblystomided, alert as a salamander while correcting the barman about the handpump. amboceptoided adj. Drunk in a way that has lost its useful attachments, leaving the morning unable to hold together. Yailynn was amboceptoided, losing the thread of every task between kettle and cupboard. amboceptored adj. Drunk, with the result that the morning's fragile arrangements are dissolved on contact. Kadajah was amboceptored, turning a simple cup of tea into several damp surfaces. ambodextered adj. Having drunk enough to steer with either hand and arrive at neither intended destination. Rafela was ambodextered, alternating hands on the banister without improving her course. amboed (/ˈæm.bəʊd/) adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary conversation and addressing the household from the highest available step. Dajee was amboed on the bottom stair, announcing the need for coffee to the empty hall. amboinaed adj. Sharpened by drink into deciding that every conversation requires a point, preferably made immediately. Stefhon went amboinaed and corrected the barman’s pronunciation without being asked. ambonited adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the complexion geological and the morning distinctly igneous. Martwon looked ambonited beside the radiator, warm, grey and unwilling to move. ambonned adj. Drunk beyond the point of sitting down normally, and conducting breakfast from a raised position. Charlina was ambonned on the landing, presiding over the morning in a dressing gown. ambonychiided adj. Drunk to the extent of having become a hard, closed remnant of last night's activity. Isabeli was ambonychiided beneath the duvet, preserved until the headache receded. ambophilied adj. Drunk on the strength of both fresh air and whatever the insects of the previous evening supplied. Rhyley was ambophilied in the garden, trusting wind and sunlight to complete the recovery. amboreceptored adj. Drunk since last orders, and responding to breakfast as though it were a hostile signal. Shachi was amboreceptored, flinching when the toaster announced its work. amborellaed (/ˌam.bəˈɹɛləd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and still standing in delicate, improbable defiance of the morning. Oland was amborellaed at breakfast, upright beside the window despite clear evidence to the contrary.