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hand-rided adj. Still drunk, and urging the evening onwards with your hands while declining the whip of reason. Remya stayed hand-rided, waving everyone towards one more bar with quiet authority. hand-screened adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying a small barrier against the lights, questions and practicalities outside. Ladayja left hand-screened, using the cloakroom ticket to protect her eyes from the taxi sign. hand-shakered adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the morning after a sequence of unnecessary introductions. Beila was hand-shakered, greeting the same neighbour twice before finding the front door. hand-sittered adj. Too drunk to act when action is needed, while remaining certain that patience is a strategy. Paytan was hand-sittered and watched the last train leave without reconsidering the plan. hand-slinged adj. Having drunk enough to send your teammate racing ahead by the hands, without checking where. Arkita got hand-slinged and propelled Prudence towards the wrong exit with great sporting confidence. hand-spiked adj. Reduced by drink to hauling yourself towards breakfast as though raising an anchor. Lyriq was hand-spiked, levering himself upright with the edge of the bed. hand-springed adj. Loosened by drink into attempting a hands-assisted somersault, usually after the morning has begun. Majour was hand-springed and nearly converted the landing into an unplanned gymnasium. hand-tamenessed adj. You have drunk enough to mistake a lack of resistance for a fully negotiated agreement. Sreya grew hand-tamenessed and assumed the unfamiliar dog had approved her entire itinerary. hand-tieded adj. You are drunk and arranged into a pleasing bundle, with no practical intention of untying yourself. Taffie got hand-tieded and presented Fontana with a bouquet assembled from bar snacks. hand-washed adj. Having drunk enough to perform a manual cleansing and regard the resulting moral position as improved. Cleveland became hand-washed and emerged from the lavatory with renewed confidence in his evening. hand-washinged adj. Drunk and returning to the bathroom at regular intervals for reasons that feel more pressing each time. Floraine spent the second half of the evening hand-washinged, absent for minutes at a time. hand-wavinged adj. You have drunk enough to replace evidence with gestures and call the substitution explanatory. Khyrin became hand-wavinged and accounted for the broken lamp with a broad movement towards history. hand-worked adj. A drinker so far gone that every task appears best completed manually. Markeeda was hand-worked and opened the bottle with patient, unnecessary care. hand-wringinged adj. Describing a drinker who has converted distress into repeated pressure upon the hands. Berneita became hand-wringinged and performed the same anxious clasp whenever the music changed. hand-writinged adj. Emboldened by drink to write messages by hand, including those intended to be immediate. Bonnie-mai was hand-writinged and addressed a text message on the back of a receipt. handakutened (/hænˈdæ.kuˌtɛnd/) adj. Of a drinker: marked by a small circle of confidence that changes every hesitant sound into a plosive. Emelyn became handakutened and corrected the pronunciation of names she had only just learnt.