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intonation united adj. Emboldened by drink to make the whole utterance one grand melodic event, punctuation notwithstanding. Lisa, intonation united, turned a request for crisps into one grand melodic event. intonational phrased adj. Slowed by drink to the point where each clause acquires its own small, self-governing melody. intonationed (/ɪntəˈneɪʃənd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a speaker whose voice rises and falls according to private musical notation. Shirlina became intonationed and gave the taxi instructions in three distinct melodic movements. intonatored adj. Drunk and supplying synthetic enthusiasm to otherwise unremarkable speech. Kaola became intonatored and made the coat-check instructions sound computer-generated. intonemed adj. Drunk to the point where each change of pitch is treated as a separate grammatical instrument. Erianny grew intonemed and catalogued the barmaid's rising tone with scholarly concern. intonemented adj. Drunk past the point of speaking plainly, and into a sustained ceremonial delivery. Dianelys grew intonemented and announced the arrival of each drink as a liturgical event. intonered adj. Drunk beyond ordinary speech, and now reciting the evening as though appointed to a choir. intoninged adj. Drunk in a way that turns every remark into a rise-and-fall performance requiring no audience. Vira grew intoninged and gave the crisps a careful vocal contour. intoplicined adj. Drunk, with the result that separate thoughts intercalate until no sentence retains its original arrangement. Orlandria became intoplicined and inserted the dessert menu into an account of her childhood. intored adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a formal armed dance, though the weapons are strictly replicas. Vianni became intored and performed a dignified spear routine beside the cloakroom. intorsioned adj. Drunk to the extent of winding through the room by successive bends, rather than taking a direct route. intortioned adj. The state of being drunk and twisted into yesterday's clothes by the morning. Denila found Sylvain intortioned beside the laundry basket, one sleeve still holding his phone. intortored adj. The condition of a drinker who has bent himself round the alarm and slept through it. Fae woke Jyana, who was intortored beneath the duvet and facing the wrong end of the bed. intouchednessed adj. The drunkenness of one who has lost touch with the room, the time and the previous evening. Darald was intouchednessed by breakfast and addressed the kettle as though it had useful information. intoxicanted (/ɪnˈtɒksɪk(ə)ntd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a residue of the evening, capable of locating water but not remembering why. Saaketh was intoxicanted on the sofa, studying the glass of water as if it required instructions. intoxicatednessed adj. Softened by drink into a person who regards the morning's demands as suggestions. Calisha was intoxicatednessed beneath two blankets and declined the alarm with a small gesture.