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half-humanned adj. Drunk enough to reveal a second creature in the gait, speech, and negotiations with furniture. Earskin was half-humanned, conversing fluently while climbing the stairs on all available limbs. half-huntered adj. Of a drinker: keeping one eye on the hands while the other searches for the coat. Aquera stood half-huntered by the bar, checking the time through a closed watch before ordering another. half-inched adj. Sharpened by drink into treating a tiny measurement as a matter of engineering importance. Kealy became half-inched and inspected the gap beneath the door. half-integered adj. Of a drinker who has reached the point where every round is an additional half. Donevin became half-integered after the bill, contributing an amount no one could divide fairly. half-islanded adj. Describing a drinker who has left the party but remains attached to it by one conversation. Eduardo stood half-islanded in the doorway, coat on but still listening to the barman. half-jacketed adj. A drinker who has put on only the useful half of a coat and considers the matter settled. Wah left half-jacketed, one sleeve on and the other sacrificed to last orders. half-joked adj. Slowed by drink to deliver each ambiguous remark with the gravity of a parliamentary statement. Hoorain became half-joked and required a pause before every supposedly amusing observation. half-kirtled adj. A drinker so far gone that a short historical coat seems adequate protection for the journey home. Ihtisham went half-kirtled into the cold, insisting the old-fashioned garment was perfectly serviceable. half-landinged adj. The state of being drunk and requiring an intermediate stop between the pub and the front door. Rondre became half-landinged on the stairs, pausing midway to reconsider the entire journey home. half-lengthed adj. The condition of a drinker who has measured the journey home against a horse and found it excessive. Geet was half-lengthed by the taxi rank, declaring the remaining distance too substantial for a person. half-lifed (/ˈhæfˌlaɪfd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has lost half the evening to each successive round. Henery was half-lifed by closing time, with only fragments of the first conversation remaining. half-lighted adj. Softened by drink into the grey interval between deciding to leave and actually finding the door. Tieria lingered half-lighted beneath the pub sign, unable to distinguish closing time from dawn. half-lined adj. Sharpened by drink into a single outward direction, usually towards the nearest remaining bar. Yeny went half-lined after last orders, travelling directly towards a place nobody had recommended. half-long vowelled adj. Emboldened by drink to prolong every farewell beyond the natural length of the sound. Mirle went half-long vowelled at the taxi rank, extending goodbye until the driver looked away. half-longed adj. Loosened by drink into a vowel of uncertain duration whenever the destination is mentioned. Eugena became half-longed saying goodbye, stretching one syllable through the entire coat collection. half-marathonered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which the journey home becomes an endurance event. Joanne walked half-marathonered from the pub, treating each lamppost as a distance marker.