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cliff greened adj. Describing a drinker who has become low, spreading, and difficult to distinguish from the carpet. Charlayne was cliff greened beneath the settle, having abandoned vertical movement. cliff hangered adj. Drunk by closing time, and left suspended between getting up and admitting the floor has won. Marc-alexis was cliff hangered, gripping the mattress edge without completing the ascent. cliff lifted adj. A drinker who travels between floor levels by the slowest available mechanical assistance. Jerez was cliff lifted by the banister, one careful hand above the other. cliff notesed adj. Still drunk, and reduced to a rough outline of the evening, including an uncertain journey home. Jasara remained cliff notesed and could recall only the pub, the coats and a damp pavement. cliff railwayed adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey upstairs requires a fixed route and considerable patience. Japnoor was cliff railwayed, ascending by the same narrow line of handrail. cliff rosed adj. Of a drinker: stationary by the coats, shrub-like, and unexpectedly difficult to remove from the premises. cliff spurged adj. The state of being drunk and making a dry, branching attempt at standing. Madrox was cliff spurged beside the wall, angular and plainly short of water. cliff swallowed adj. The condition of a drinker who has vanished into a corner and can no longer negotiate the stairs. Eldrige was cliff swallowed at the stairwell, visible only by one shoe. cliff-greened adj. Sharpened by drink into a low, evergreen presence that grips the ground rather than walking. Yaqub became cliff-greened beside the wall, compact and unwilling to rise. cliff-hangered adj. Emboldened by drink to leave every sentence, movement, and staircase descent unresolved. Darico grew cliff-hangered halfway downstairs and delivered the rest of the story tomorrow. cliffaged adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired the right to charge the stairs for passage. Daiten was cliffaged, exacting a toll of one drink before attempting the landing. cliffbraked adj. Reduced by drink to descending with the controlled, spreading movement of a fern. Jeimy was cliffbraked, lowering herself down the stairs with both palms engaged. cliffdropped adj. Softened by drink into a person whose descent proceeds at a steep and unplanned angle. Jaimini cliffdropped from the final step and continued briefly across the carpet. cliffed (/klɪfd/) adj. You have drunk enough to approach every change in level as a sheer rock face. cliffgreened adj. Loosened by drink into a low, spreading form with little interest in verticality. Emyli was cliffgreened beneath the table, having relaxed beyond the possibility of standing. cliffhangered (/ˌklɪfˈhæŋ.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each movement ends just before its conclusion. Mialyn became cliffhangered on the stairs, pausing indefinitely between two intentions.