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diagraphicsed (/ˌdaɪəˈɡɹæfɪksd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary drawing and attempting to render the morning according to strict mechanical rules. Levorn was diagraphicsed, producing a precise technical sketch of the breakfast he could not make. diagraphied adj. Drunk in a way that records every descent, interruption and underground obstacle encountered after closing time. Zubaidah awoke diagraphied, with a detailed account of the stairs preserved beside the bed. diagrided adj. Drunk, with the result that the body forms a braced lattice of knees, elbows and furniture. Vanelly woke diagrided, supported by the bedframe, wardrobe and a carefully placed chair. diaheliotropismed adj. Drunk to a degree that finds the morning light compelling, despite facing away from it wherever possible. Jasen woke diaheliotropismed, turning his back towards the sun while insisting he was enjoying it. diakinesised adj. Drunk to the extent of entering the final preparatory stage before the day's remaining structures come apart. Miryah woke diakinesised, with the last night's composure shortened and ready to disappear. diakopticsed adj. Drunk on the strength of breaking every morning problem into parts and forgetting how to reassemble them. Luba became diakopticsed, solving the toast, butter and knife separately without producing breakfast. dial gauged adj. Drunk by the third round, and spending the morning comparing each physical complaint with yesterday's standard. Deagon was dial gauged, testing his head against the hardness of the kitchen table. dial indicatored adj. Drunk by closing time, and now registering small differences between tolerable, regrettable and quite unwise. Keeva was dial indicatored by breakfast, detecting minute changes in the strength of the coffee. dial locked adj. Still drunk, and unable to recover the combination required to open the morning's ordinary functions. Reznor remained dial locked, turning the toaster controls without discovering the correct setting. dial numbered adj. Sharpened by drink into confidently calling a forgotten friend from a number last used in 1987. Rosevell got the old directory out and began dialling everyone, thoroughly dial numbered. dial toned adj. Loosened by drink into treating the first sound after lifting the receiver as permission to speak. Anyree went dial toned and delivered the toast before anyone had found the telephone. dial-a-joked adj. Slowed by drink to require a telephone service before remembering a joke already told twice. dial-a-ride problemed adj. Drunk to the point where every delivery has a route, a deadline, and an unnecessary vehicle change. dial-a-rided adj. Drunk and requesting transport for a journey whose destination changes at every junction. Crislyn went dial-a-rided, sending the driver to three different pubs before choosing home. dial-arounded adj. Drunk enough to route every call through a stranger, convinced the saving justifies the explanation. Stoic got dial-arounded and asked the hotel receptionist to connect him through another country. dial-in timed adj. Drunk beyond trusting ordinary arrival times, and estimating every journey to the nearest hundredth of a second.