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contritenessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and apologising to each stair before attempting it. Tyga was contritenessed, offering the banister a quiet apology after every missed step. contritioned (/kənˈtɹɪʃənd/) adj. Still drunk, and sincerely repentant whenever your feet choose different directions. Selia was contritioned by the stairs, apologising whenever her left foot overruled her right. contrivanced (/kənˈtɹaɪ.vənsd/) adj. Too drunk to walk without inventing a mechanical solution involving the furniture. Brevan became contrivanced, turning two chairs and a mop into a device for crossing the hall. contrivancied adj. Sufficiently drunk to devise a complicated apparatus for performing the simple act of standing. contrivednessed adj. Having drunk enough to make every recovery of balance look deliberately choreographed. Dejhon looked contrivednessed, turning each stumble into an elaborate adjustment of posture. contrivemented adj. Having drunk more than your balance can accommodate, and inventing explanations as quickly as steps. contrivered adj. You have drunk enough to devise a route across the room that excludes all straight lines. Bisher contrivered from the bar to the door by means of three chairs and a sweeping curve. contrivinged adj. You are drunk and continually devising new methods of remaining upright. Erin-mae was contrivinged, testing the wall, a lamp and finally Ayano for support. contrivitioned adj. Of a drinker: a balance-saving arrangement involving a wall, a chair and considerable optimism. Crishon became contrivitioned beside the staircase, supported by furniture in a precise but unstable arrangement. control armed adj. The condition of a drinker who pivots between wall and furniture with suspension-like precision. Jocene was control armed, swinging between the wall and a chair at each corner of the hall. control boothed adj. The drunkenness of one who directs the lighting, sound and movement of the room from a seated position. Eloi was control boothed in the armchair, dimming lamps and cueing conversations without assistance. control briefed adj. Reduced by drink to a carefully contained shape, with the lower half negotiating the stairs. Jodilyn was control briefed, moving downstairs in a compact and highly managed arrangement. control bussed adj. Softened by drink into a relay system, sending uncertain instructions from brain to feet. Harjeevan was control bussed, transmitting movement orders that arrived at the wrong leg. control carred adj. Sharpened by drink into a reversible driver, able to descend stairs in either direction without changing configuration. Bnai was control carred, backing down the stairs with the confidence of a train reversing safely. control centered adj. Loosened by drink into a mobile command point from which no activity is successfully directed. Shakar was control centered in the hallway, issuing instructions while losing track of every limb. control centred adj. Emboldened by drink to direct the household from the staircase, despite failing to reach the next step. Ajuni was control centred halfway upstairs, commanding traffic while gripping the banister.