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checkrowered adj. Reduced by drink to advancing in carefully marked rows, with the kitchen appearing farther away after each one. Skylaa was checkrowered, crossing the tiles in measured lines towards the untouched coffee. checksheeted adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the journey home into a real-time record of minor errors. Lazer became checksheeted and logged each missed stair before missing the next one. checkside punted adj. Softened by drink into sending every intention sideways, like a breakfast order struck with unexpected spin. Kavish was checkside punted, asking for porridge and receiving only a spoonful of sympathy. checksided adj. Drunk on the strength of a sideways correction that sends each step off at a gentler angle. Nasear became checksided and approached the stairs diagonally, with modest success. checkstanded adj. Sharpened by drink into treating the breakfast counter as a formal point of sale for every household transaction. Audry was checkstanded, demanding receipts for the kettle, two biscuits and the use of the sofa. checkstayed (/ˈtʃɛkˌsteɪd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose middle section offers no resistance to the morning's unwanted movement. Akshadha was checkstayed, swaying at the kitchen counter while the coffee waited behind her. checkstonesed adj. Emboldened by drink to play a pebble game on the breakfast table, using the sugar lumps as pieces. checkstopped adj. Slowed by drink to a complete halt, regardless of encouragement, pressure or the direction of travel. Jhamel was checkstopped halfway to the kettle, immune to both promises of coffee and gentle applause. checkstringed adj. Drunk and pulling an imaginary cord whenever the morning requires slowing down or going faster. checksumed adj. Drunk to the point where every message, receipt and memory is being checked for transmission errors. Albertjames was checksumed, rereading yesterday's texts to determine which parts had actually been sent. checksummered adj. You have drunk enough to trust a homemade calculation with every important figure in the evening. Rocheal got checksummered and totalled the bill twice, producing the same confident mistake. checkup from the neck upped adj. Of a drinker who has examined every belief except the one that another round is advisable. Quaid got checkup from the neck upped and reformed his opinions loudly beside the cloakroom. checkupped adj. Of a drinker: convinced a routine examination has cleared every decision made since supper. Mistyann became checkupped and approved her own route home through three locked gardens. checkusered adj. Describing a drinker who confidently investigates everyone else's identity while forgetting his own. Banita got checkusered and interrogated the barman about which guests were genuine. checkweighered adj. Loosened by drink into weighing each bottle as it leaves the bar, and rejecting none. checkweighmanned adj. A drinker who disputes every measure poured, despite having lost count of the production. Tyquita became checkweighmanned and challenged the barmaid's arithmetic from a position beneath the table.