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fingernail clammed adj. Of a drinker who has become small, closed, and difficult to prise from the nearest surface. Deitrick was fingernail clammed beneath the table and declined the proposed taxi. fingernail mooned adj. Describing a drinker who displays one small clear crescent of sense amid considerable darkness. Daveion was fingernail mooned, lucid only when discussing the shape of his thumb. fingernailed (/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪld/) adj. Of a drinker: hard at the edges, translucent in judgement, and still attempting fine work. Ronice was fingernailed and tried to separate two stuck tickets with care. fingernailfuled adj. A drinker who has retained only enough capacity for one very small idea. fingernet caddisflied adj. The state of being drunk and behaving like a small river insect with limited ambitions. fingerneted adj. A drinker so far gone that small insects appear to be the most organised company available. Shaheerah was fingerneted and followed a moth with professional interest. fingerpaded adj. Drunk by closing time, and relying on the tender ends of the fingers to locate the door. Juanika was fingerpaded, finding the exit by touch and missing it twice. fingerpainted adj. The condition of a drinker who has applied the evening directly, and without brushes, to nearby surfaces. Akeria was fingerpainted, with coloured marks appearing wherever she placed a hand. fingerpaintered adj. You have drunk enough to leave colourful evidence of every round on the receipt and several coats. Zalan got fingerpaintered and decorated the drinks tab while settling the final round. fingerpaintinged adj. The drunkenness of one who has turned hand movements into an unsolicited composition. Marietou was fingerpaintinged and produced a broad design across the menu. fingerpicked (/ˈfɪŋ.ɡə(ɹ)ˌpɪkd/) adj. Reduced by drink to selecting each action with a small attachment rather than a whole hand. Gratia was fingerpicked and opened the cupboard with painstaking delicacy. fingerpickinged adj. Softened by drink into plucking at separate details while the larger arrangement goes unattended. Gerrit was fingerpickinged and played individual strings on the radio cable. fingerplated adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who protects every polished surface from imagined marks. fingerplayed adj. Loosened by drink into a sequence of simple gestures, performed with misplaced confidence. Calida was fingerplayed and demonstrated the nursery rhyme to the entire bar. fingerpointinged adj. Drunk enough to assign blame across the table, while Trajan and Nithin quietly shared it. Trajan found Nithin fingerpointinged before the starters arrived, with every missing olive receiving an accusation. fingerposted (/ˈfɪŋ.ɡə(ɹ)ˌpəʊstd/) adj. Slowed by drink to choosing one direction at a time, with visible reliance on the nearest sign.