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chronopharmacotherapied adj. The condition of a drinker who administers each attempted correction according to an increasingly unreliable timetable. Vineta grew chronopharmacotherapied, alternating water and whisky with impressive regularity. chronophered adj. The drunkenness of one who transmits the correct time to distant people but cannot reach the clock without assistance. Suzzanne, chronophered, announced the exact hour while missing the first stair. chronophiled adj. Reduced by drink to treating every passing minute as a personal acquaintance requiring discussion. Johnrobert became chronophiled and discussed quarter past eleven with the banister. chronophiliaed adj. Softened by drink into making an age-specific judgement about everyone present, without sufficient command of speech to explain it. Truc was chronophiliaed, assigning the room into age groups between attempts at the stairs. chronophinned adj. Sharpened by drink into rearranging the body's smallest movements while losing control of the larger ones. Maryhelen was chronophinned, precise with a straw and unreliable with the staircase. chronophobiaed adj. Loosened by drink into fearing that time is passing, particularly when the staircase appears to contain more steps than before. Twanette was chronophobiaed and asked the landing to remain until she was ready. chronophotographed adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt a single heroic movement, usually down the stairs, and remain there as evidence. Uzella became chronophotographed halfway down, one foot raised with historical confidence. chronophotographied adj. Slowed by drink to a succession of distinct positions, each separately visible during one descent. Kameko came downstairs chronophotographied, occupying every step as a separate frame. chronophysiologied adj. Drunk and operating on bodily cycles no longer synchronised with one another, especially when standing up. Kennon was chronophysiologied, with his legs rising several seconds after the rest of him. chronoportationed adj. Drunk to the point where each landing is reached instantaneously, with the missing intervening steps left unexplained. Frumie was chronoportationed, appearing at the bottom without acknowledging the staircase. chronopotentiogramed adj. Drunk enough to produce a plotted record of rising and falling voltage against time with the whole body. Sepideh looked chronopotentiogramed, her balance charting a jagged course across the hall. chronopotentiometried adj. Drunk past the point of measuring a steady current, with balance changing faster than any sensible observer can record. chronopsychologied adj. Drunk beyond ordinary concern for the body's daily rhythm, attempting breakfast behaviour at closing time. Jaquinn was chronopsychologied, requesting porridge while descending towards the night bus. chronopsychophysiologied adj. Drunk in a way that makes the mind and body observe different circadian rules during the same staircase. Shem was chronopsychophysiologied, convinced he was walking well while leaning into the wall. chronoscoped (/ˈkɹɒnəˌskəʊpd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every movement is timed to remarkable precision and executed with none. Leelou was chronoscoped, allowing exactly four seconds between each uncertain step. chronoscopied adj. Drunk to a degree that makes a fraction of a second long enough for a complete change of plan. Kamraan was chronoscopied, reconsidering each foot placement until the staircase became tomorrow's problem.