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handlered (/ˈhæn.dləd/) adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of someone manually supervising every limb. Sharene became handlered and required calm instructions for each stair. handlessnessed adj. Drunk and attempting every ordinary task with the alarming absence of useful hands. Kadri went handlessnessed for the banister and found only sleeve. handlined adj. Drunk to the point where balance depends on one thin line held between the hand and disaster. Tleah came handlined down the staircase, using the rail as though fishing for stability. handlinered adj. Drunk to a degree that encourages solitary casting into conversations and patient retrieval of nothing. Jahmere was handlinered, fishing remarks from the silence with one conversational line. handling charged adj. Drunk past the point of free movement, with every staircase requiring an additional service. Harteg was handling charged by the second landing and required assistance with the remaining steps. handling feed adj. Drunk beyond the point at which carrying, steering, and retrieving oneself are included in the price. Sujan reached handling feed and needed collection from the wrong side of the pub. handling timed adj. Drunk in a way that turns every simple movement into a parcel awaiting processing. Ulana was handling timed, taking several business days to negotiate one flight of stairs. handlinged (/ˈhændl̩ɪŋd/) adj. Drunk enough to manage every object manually while failing to manage the person attached to the hands. Luiz got handlinged and rearranged the coats before attempting the stairs. handlisted adj. Drunk, with the result that a personal reference list is required for familiar objects and routes. Jaidy went handlisted and consulted notes before identifying the stairs. handloaded adj. Drunk to a degree that each movement appears packed separately and discharged without warning. Nehemiyah was handloaded, with every step released after a visible pause. handloadered adj. Drunk to the extent of assembling each sentence and footstep from separate components. Codell became handloadered and carefully constructed a request for the stairs. handloadinged adj. Drunk on the strength of manually assembling too many small decisions at home. Takisha went handloadinged and inspected each stair before committing to it. handlocked adj. Drunk since last orders, and holding the banister with a mechanism that has engaged from the inside. Shamecia stood handlocked halfway down, unable to release the rail or explain why. handloomed adj. The drunkenness of one who weaves the evening together by hand, thread by thread, until last orders. Iakona spent the journey home handloomed, repairing the evening one conversation at a time. handloominged adj. Reduced by drink to weaving each round laboriously into the next, with no apparent pattern. Jacqlynn became handloominged before the coats were collected, joining every anecdote to the next. handmaded (/ˈhændˌmeɪdd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a painstaking craftsperson, improving every coat, receipt and route by touch. Amber-lilly got handmaded and corrected the cloakroom's arrangement with quiet precision.