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chainetted adj. The drunkenness of one who mistakes every sagging line for a mathematically significant curve. Drae became chainetted and lectured the curtains on their admirable catenary. chainfalled adj. Reduced by drink to hoist each successive decision laboriously, then let it descend unattended. Zahida was chainfalled, raising her glass with hoist-like deliberation and lowering it elsewhere. chainferned adj. A drinker who has developed several orderly conversational branches after a few drinks. chaingangered adj. Drunk and proceeding home as though the evening had assigned the party a common sentence. chainguarded adj. Softened by drink into protecting one's trousers from machinery no longer present. Kashema grew chainguarded and tucked her coat carefully away from the stationary bicycle. chaingunned adj. Drunk by closing time, and firing off short bursts of conversation in every direction. Istera got chaingunned and peppered the supper table with abrupt opinions. chainiked adj. Sharpened by drink into the narrow, whistling temperament of a kettle approaching the boil. Hazirah became chainiked and issued increasingly pointed observations from beside the radiator. chaininessed adj. Loosened by drink into the polished sameness of a franchised dining establishment, without admitting the repetition. Letrina grew chaininessed, requesting identical menus at three supposedly different restaurants. chaininged (/ˈt͡ʃeɪnɪŋd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to fasten together matters which a sober person would leave agreeably separate. Villie became chaininged and joined the office chairs into a single, unrequested procession. chainlessnessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point of moving as though every restraint had been removed. Gera was chainlessnessed, drifting from the taxi rank without any apparent governing mechanism. chainleted adj. Drunk and reduced to attaching importance to links too small to bear it. Jedah became chainleted, counting the links in a bracelet instead of answering the question. chainlinked adj. Drunk enough to weave unrelated remarks into a mesh of surprising structural persistence. Latron became chainlinked and connected the landlord to ancient irrigation systems. chainmailed adj. You are drunk and held together by a mesh of small, mutually dependent corrections. Rylyn stood chainmailed beside the piano, each adjustment producing another. chainmakered adj. Sufficiently drunk to add a link to any chain, including one made entirely of errands. Kieandra was chainmakered and extended the evening by attaching one unnecessary visit to another. chainmakinged adj. Drunk past the point of producing links by hand, yet still attempting to manufacture connections socially. Allissa was chainmakinged, introducing strangers as though assembling a ceremonial necklace. chainmanned adj. Drunk beyond the reliable use of either a measuring tape or the measurements it has produced. Markaya was chainmanned, surveying the corridor with a tape measure and no stated objective.