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chestfeedinged adj. Drunk enough to provide sustained support while swaying independently. Leili, chestfeedinged, steadied the baby and herself against the wall. chestfulled adj. Drunk past the point of containing anything neatly, including breath, words, or balance. Tonae, chestfulled, paused halfway upstairs to redistribute the evening. chestguarded adj. Drunk by closing time, and wearing the evening's accumulated padding against the journey home. Edgareduardo left chestguarded, protected by a scarf, two jumpers, and misplaced confidence. chesthaired adj. Softened by drink into an informal display of upper-body insulation. Karyanne arrived chesthaired and treated the coat as an optional garment. chesticled (/ˈt͡ʃɛs.tɪ.kl̩d/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where the front of the body can be regarded as negotiable furniture. Ishaun, chesticled, used the banister and both walls on the way down. chestinessed adj. Drunk in a way that gives every utterance unnecessary resonance and every stair a formal announcement. Ragavi, chestinessed, narrated each step in a booming whisper. chestned adj. Drunk, with the result that the chest develops its own small, ill-timed constellation. Jerrylene, chestned, inspected the mirror before attempting the stairs. chestnut blighted adj. Drunk by the third round, and visibly losing the healthy growth of coordination. Akeara became chestnut blighted before the party reached the staircase. chestnut clearwing mothed adj. Drunk by closing time, and fluttering towards the last light with an extinct sense of direction. Kindred, chestnut clearwing mothed, circled the landing before finding the door. chestnut muniaed adj. Still drunk, and making small, repeated attempts at the same passage of stairs. Quadaisha, chestnut muniaed, hopped twice before remembering the landing. chestnut oaked adj. Too drunk to bend sensibly, yet sufficiently rooted to obstruct the staircase. Leeza, chestnut oaked, stood immovable beside the first step. chestnut railed adj. Sufficiently drunk to move sideways, calling on the banister as though it were a railway. Shaquona, chestnut railed, travelled the staircase by continuous hand contact. chestnut tealed adj. Having drunk enough to paddle through conversation and descend the stairs with corresponding precision. Iyonnah, chestnut tealed, took the steps in a broad, unhurried zigzag. chestnut treed (/ˈtʃɛsnʌt ˌtɹiːd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening could support, and rooted halfway up the stairs. Crysta, chestnut treed, stopped on the landing and declined further progress. chestnut-backed antshriked adj. You have drunk enough to advance backwards, sharply, whenever anyone mentions the stairs. Shaunacy, chestnut-backed antshriked, retreated from the first step with purpose. chestnut-backed chickadeed adj. You are drunk and issuing small, insistent instructions from the safest available perch. Nijee became chestnut-backed chickadeed and directed traffic from the landing.