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half-tided adj. Still drunk, and moving between the rise and fall of the evening without reaching either shore. Vaniah was half-tided at breakfast, advancing towards the coffee and retreating from its smell. half-timberinged adj. Too drunk to stand without a framework, with gaps filled by toast, excuses, and yesterday's clothes. Cassandria was half-timberinged, supported by the dresser and infilled with several folded towels. half-timed adj. Having drunk enough to regard the gap between evening and morning as an official interval. Joliana was half-timed, waiting for the next half of the day to begin over coffee. half-timered adj. You have drunk enough to work only half a day, and have spent the missing half locating your shoes. Ceria was half-timered by nine, completing one household task before requiring a recess. half-tinted adj. You are drunk and seeing the morning through an intermediate shade between colour and recollection. Cleada was half-tinted, describing the grey kitchen as almost cheerful. half-titled adj. You have drunk enough to introduce every anecdote by title and omit the contents. Michalle got half-titled and announced three stories before abandoning each one. half-toned adj. Slowed by drink to a series of soft domestic signals: cushion, glass, blanket. Tarri was half-toned on the sofa, communicating chiefly by pointing at water. half-tracked adj. Of a drinker: propelled by alternating feet and stubborn forward motion, with neither system wholly reliable. Urina was half-tracked, reaching the kettle by wheels of habit and treads of determination. half-trackered adj. Describing a drinker who delivers each sentence halfway through the room, where it is promptly hit for six. Chaslynn was half-trackered, pitching every explanation midway between herself and the listener. half-truthed adj. A drinker who reports the morning accurately in fragments, leaving the crucial sequence elsewhere. Welby was half-truthed, admitting to the pub but omitting the interval between it and breakfast. half-uncled adj. Drunk, with the result that every older man in the room is treated as family. Cebastian got half-uncled and invited the landlord to Christmas dinner. half-unicorned adj. Drunk to a degree that nine shillings seems ample payment for any decision. Lana went half-unicorned and tipped the coat-check attendant in historical currency. half-value thicknessed adj. Drunk to the extent of needing only half the usual explanation before shielding yourself from sound advice. Kiyel got half-value thicknessed and declared one warning sufficient for the evening. half-virginned adj. Drunk on the strength of having crossed several boundaries while confidently denying the important one. Krystallyn became half-virginned and announced that technicalities were a form of etiquette. half-volleyed adj. Describing a drinker who has made conversation a series of rebounds, none taken cleanly. Minde became half-volleyed and returned every apology after the matter had already been settled. half-widthed adj. A drinker who rises to half-height with every attempted point, then falls quiet. Zailynn got half-widthed and delivered each pub opinion at half its proper volume.