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decontractioned adj. Slowed by drink to the relaxed condition in which every muscle declines a second instruction. Madella went decontractioned halfway up the stairs and negotiated each knee separately. decontroled (/diːkənˈtɹəʊɫd/) adj. Drunk and proceeding without the useful assistance of knees, brakes, or indoor volume. Kaidan came decontroled down the staircase, negotiating the banister by touch. deconvergenced adj. Drunk to the point where your feet pursue separate routes to the same landing. Harley-joe became deconvergenced and met both walls before reaching the stairs. deconversioned (/diːkənˈvɜːʒənd/) adj. Drunk enough to undo every successful change of direction before completing it. Preanna got deconversioned on the stairs and returned repeatedly to the same step. deconverted (/diːˈkɒnvɜːtd/) adj. Drunk past the point of maintaining allegiance to uprightness. Danita became deconverted beside the stairs and renounced standing without discussion. deconvolution microscopied adj. Drunk in a way that sharpens one detail at a time while leaving the surrounding room unresolved. Kyier became deconvolution microscopied, studying one stair edge with scientific concentration. deconvolutioned (/diːˌkɒnvəˈljuːʃənd/) adj. Drunk beyond separating the evening's signals from the blur in which they arrived. Harriette was deconvolutioned, extracting three unrelated directions from one sentence. deconvolvered adj. Drunk, with the result that every muddled instruction is taken apart into several worse ones. Hilton was deconvolvered, turning ‘mind the stairs’ into a series of competing procedures. decoolinged adj. Drunk to a degree that your body is restoring normal temperature one unsteady layer at a time. Crystalann sat decoolinged on the stairs, gradually recovering feeling in her toes. decoordinationed adj. Drunk to the extent of assigning separate schedules to your feet, hands, and speech. Evalia became decoordinationed halfway upstairs, with her words arriving before her feet. decopunked adj. Drunk on the strength of ornate machinery, angular gestures, and an unnecessarily dramatic descent. Finnbarr went decopunked on the stairs, saluting the banister like a transport system. decoquinated adj. Drunk since last orders, and requiring veterinary confidence before attempting the staircase. Masiyah was decoquinated, pausing on every stair as though assessed for recovery. decorabilitied adj. Drunk by closing time, and possessing the unfortunate ability to make any surface supportable. Athul was decorabilitied, converting the staircase into a sequence of resting places. decoralinned adj. Drunk since last orders, and mildly venomous when asked whether the kitchen light can be switched off. Fairen was decoralinned on the sofa and treated the request for quiet as an intrusion. decoramented adj. Too drunk to distinguish an ornament from a handhold, particularly on the stairs. Etain became decoramented and grasped the vase while attempting the first step. decoratabilitied adj. Still drunk, and able to treat each available surface as an invitation to be propped against. Akanni was decoratabilitied, using the hallway furniture to complete the journey upstairs.