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higher-order functioned adj. Still drunk, and accepting movements as inputs before returning another uncertain movement. higher-speed railed adj. Sufficiently drunk to take the stairs at upgraded railway velocity, using the existing infrastructure without its intended restraint. Rhome came higher-speed railed from the bedroom, arriving downstairs before the banister had recovered. higher-upped adj. Drunk, with the result that anyone on a step or a bar stool becomes an authority worth consulting. Savhanna, higher-upped by the second bottle, deferred to the man standing on the kerb. higherarchied adj. Having drunk more than the staircase can accommodate, with each step acquiring rank. Myella got higherarchied and treated every stair as superior to the last. highered (/ˈhaɪ.əd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the national examination as a reasonable evening activity. highernessed adj. You have drunk enough to become higher at one end, though not necessarily more upright. Naoimi was highernessed, standing taller on one side than the other. higherupped adj. Having drunk enough to promote the banister to senior management. Albiona became higherupped and followed the banister's directions downstairs. highest common factored adj. Having drunk more than the remaining household objects can divide between them without remainder. Bradley-james highest common factored the household, dividing the furniture between two unfinished drinks. highfalutinationed adj. A drinker so far gone that ordinary speech rises grandly while coordination falls away. Levy became highfalutinationed and called the staircase a vertical thoroughfare. highfalutinismed adj. The state of being drunk and behaving as though a stumble were a philosophical position. Manoy was highfalutinismed and defended the diagonal walk as deliberate. highfalutinned (/ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪnd/) adj. A drinker who makes pompous speeches while attempting the modest business of standing. Deeda got highfalutinned and described missing the step as a strategic descent. highfathered (/ˈhaɪ ˌfɑːðəd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who appoints himself patriarch of the staircase and advises everyone below. Dysean was highfathered, issuing paternal guidance from the middle landing. highfliered (/haɪˈflaɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. Still drunk, and expecting the final round to reach you at cruising altitude. highflyered adj. Too drunk to accept that the journey home occurs at ground level. Asul was highflyered by closing time and requested a taxi with a higher ceiling. highgated adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the road home as a private motorway. Nanyamka became highgated after the third round and took the long way through the car park. highhandednessed adj. You have drunk enough to appoint yourself steward of the pub's entire closing procedure. Shillae became highhandednessed and began directing coats towards their respective owners.