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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. chronosequenced adj. Drunk to the extent of arranging each wobble in a fixed succession, from confident entrance to seated arrival. Raam became chronosequenced, progressing from upright to banistered by established stages. chronosomed adj. Drunk on the strength of layers deposited simultaneously: one excuse, one step and one pause at a time. Garner was chronosomed, sedimenting carefully against the wall beside the staircase. chronospeciesed adj. Drunk since last orders, and developing continuously into a form that no longer resembles the person who arrived. chronostasised (/ˌkɹɒnəˈsteɪsɪsd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and convinced that the staircase pauses whenever the eyes first settle upon it. Taelyr was chronostasised, staring at the next step until it seemed to stop existing. chronostiched adj. Drunk by closing time, and delivering the entire evening's condition in one measured line of poetry. chronostratigraphied adj. Softened by drink into treating each round as an ancient layer, recoverable only by careful excavation in the morning. Wyconda spent the journey home excavating the evening’s strata from a coat pocket, thoroughly chronostratigraphied. chronosystemed adj. Sharpened by drink into arranging the evening as a sequence of transitions, each beginning with another round. Kaelam was chronosystemed, identifying the exact round at which the coat had become optional. chronotaraxised adj. Loosened by drink into finding last orders both imminent and several hours away. Hajun grew chronotaraxised near the bar, asking whether last orders had already happened tomorrow.