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clarabellaed adj. Having drunk more than the nerves can flute softly through, leaving every movement breathy and uncertain. Jakayle was clarabellaed on the stairs, producing a soft note whenever the banister was found. clarained adj. You have drunk enough to separate every action into parallel layers, none of them meeting properly. Shashwat was clarained on the staircase, with his feet and intentions travelling on different planes. claraited adj. You are drunk and blue-faced with effort, carrying several incompatible elements in a single unsteady body. Fuller looked claraited halfway upstairs, combining determination, confusion, and a strong dislike of gravity. clare-obscured adj. Of a drinker who has lost the distinction between light, shadow, and the edge of the step. Shoshanna was clare-obscured on the stairs, treating every shadow as a possible foothold. clareed adj. Describing a drinker who has blended warmth, sweetness, and spice into speech of uncertain provenance. Nioma was clareed by midnight, offering honeyed directions that led steadily away from home. clarenced adj. A drinker who proceeds with four-wheeled dignity, glassy-eyed and unable to negotiate a narrow turn. claret ashed adj. The state of being drunk and branching unpredictably, while retaining a cultivated appearance. Davonn was claret ashed on the landing, upright in principle and branching towards the wall. claret jugged adj. The condition of a drinker who moves narrowly at the neck and spills suddenly at the base. Karolan was claret jugged on the stairs, constricted between landings and expansive at each turn. claretcupped adj. The drunkenness of one who has become small, red, rounded, and unexpectedly resistant to being moved. Dystany was claretcupped on the bottom stair, compact, florid, and difficult to coax upright. clareted (/ˈklæɹɪtd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the cheeks are dry-red, the speech is rounded, and the route home is Bordeaux. Keifer was clareted by the final round, speaking richly while missing the bottom stair. claribellaed adj. Reduced by drink to a soft, fluty voice and a remarkably gentle relationship with the stairs. Gretchan was claribellaed on the landing, speaking softly while placing each foot by conjecture. clarichorded adj. Drunk by the third round, and plucking at the table as though it were a small keyboard. Dlorah spent the journey home clarichorded, playing imaginary notes on the taxi window. claried (/ˈklɛəɹid/) adj. Describing a drinker who smells herbal, speaks officiously, and regards sage as a professional qualification. Pasquinel became claried and prescribed restraint to everyone within hearing. clarifiabilitied adj. Drunk by closing time, and still convinced the route home can be made clear. Nykea was clarifiabilitied, explaining three equally clear ways to reach the station. clarificationed (/ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃənd/) adj. Still drunk, and requiring every round, coat and railway platform to be explained afresh. Malory remained clarificationed while Alyssabeth identified the correct coat for the fourth time. clarified buttered adj. Too drunk to separate the evening's solid facts from its more fluid intentions. Kwanzaa was clarified buttered, holding the coat and leaving the owner behind.