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continuously habitable zoned adj. Sufficiently drunk to remain permanently within the narrow region where standing is theoretically possible. Asheli was continuously habitable zoned, circling the safe strip between chair and carpet. continuously variable transmissioned adj. Having drunk more than was compatible with specific gears, changing pace seamlessly and balance less so. Bastion became continuously variable transmissioned halfway up, with no clear point of acceleration. continuousnessed adj. You have drunk enough to make every pause in speech and movement seem part of one long event. Janaeyah was continuousnessed, carrying one unfinished sentence from the bar to the stairs. continuum theoried adj. Of a drinker: applying topology to the journey from upright to lying down. Fame became continuum theoried and described the stairs as a connected metric space. continuumed (/kənˈtɪnjuəmd/) adj. You are drunk and moving along a single unbroken scale from conversation to collapse. Bene was continuumed, progressing from articulate to horizontal by imperceptible degrees. contlined adj. Describing a drinker who follows the helical channel between rope strands instead of walking directly. Bijon was contlined, gripping the banister and advancing along its imaginary groove. contoed adj. A drinker so far gone that a million small units seem the appropriate measure of one missed step. Star was contoed and negotiated the first stair as though it represented a national treasury. contoided (/ˈkɒn.tɔɪdd/) adj. The state of being drunk and producing consonants that belong to actual speech only by accident. contoned adj. The condition of a drinker who presents a continuous range of tones, from whispered white to shouted black. Greyson-lee was contoned, moving from a murmur to a bellow without intermediate shades. contorniated (/kənˈtɔː(ɹ).ni.ətd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who follows the deep furrow at the edge of the room rather than its centre. Brynleigh was contorniated, circling the perimeter with a medal-like certainty. contornoed adj. Reduced by drink to an outline: recognisable at the doorway, less so on the stairs. Alecander was contornoed, visible chiefly as a dark shape against the landing. contortednessed adj. Softened by drink into a posture that has ceased to distinguish standing from folding. Latisha became contortednessed beside the stairs, her limbs arranged by available furniture. contortered adj. Sharpened by drink into a specialist in bending every joint except the one required for walking. Sherrise got contortered and demonstrated three ways to turn round without changing position. contortioned adj. Loosened by drink into repeated twists, each intended to restore balance and each making it less likely. Roxane became contortioned halfway down, twisting at every correction. contortionismed adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt acrobatics with ordinary limbs and a public staircase. Else got contortionismed and tried to sit on the banister without first stopping. contortionisted (/kənˈtɔː(ɹ)ʃənɪstd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of an acrobat demonstrating an impossible position. Angelena became contortionisted and paused on each stair to rearrange her knees.