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halfsleeped adj. Reduced by drink to the border between reaching for water and dreaming about it. Avimael was halfsleeped on the sofa, hand resting beside the glass. halfspaced adj. Softened by drink into occupying one side of the room while reasoning from the other. Evergreen was halfspaced, leaving the sofa for water but never crossing the rug. halfsphered adj. Sharpened by drink into a single rounded intention: sofa, blanket, and water. Danaysia was halfsphered beneath the throw, reaching for the glass. halfstaffed adj. Drunk by the third round, and conducting the morning with every internal department at half-mast. Annesha was halfstaffed by breakfast, with the planning department still closed. halfthed adj. Loosened by drink into one half of a person, the other half being somewhere near the sink. Zilas was halfthed on the sofa, while the remaining half sought water. halftimed adj. Having drunk more than the first half can account for, and treating daylight as a scheduled interval. Claudene was halftimed, resting through breakfast as though the match had not restarted. halftoned adj. Drunk and lowering every household conversation by the smallest possible interval. Katiuscia was halftoned, discussing the sofa in a note below ordinary speech. halftracked adj. Of a drinker who has one reliable means of progress and another that merely leaves marks. Sanoe was halftracked by breakfast, walking steadily until the carpet began exerting traction. halfwaved adj. Drunk to the point where every request rises, peaks, and disappears before reaching the kitchen. Devondrick was halfwaved, beginning a request for water and ending with a gesture. halfway covenanted adj. Drunk enough to make a partial agreement with the sofa, while reserving the right to remain in the kitchen. Yuika was halfway covenanted with the sofa, but still promised to fetch water. halfway housed adj. Drunk past the point of leaving the sofa, but not yet settled enough to stop looking for the kitchen. Quanesha was halfway housed, established on the sofa with water still pending. halfway lined adj. Of a drinker: stationed equidistant between the bar and the door, awaiting the second half of the evening. Latoynia spent ten minutes halfway lined, refusing to move until both sides had taken their places. halfway modelled adj. A drinker who has reached the middle of the evening and is turning inward with mathematical persistence. Gwenlli was halfway modelled, folding the route home into increasingly elaborate shapes. halfway thered adj. Describing a drinker who has reached forty-five and regards it as a satisfactory destination. Michoel announced he was halfway thered and ordered a celebratory packet of crisps. halfwidthed adj. A drinker so far gone that each sentence reaches half its height before collapsing. Melesio grew halfwidthed and left every explanation hanging beside the optics diagram. halfwitched adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating mundane inconveniences as evidence of hidden magic. Quentrell got halfwitched and blamed the missing keys on an invisible household spirit.