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incline lifted adj. Softened by drink into a cable-bound ascent, with the journey home managed one vehicle at a time. Terrayne was incline lifted, allowing the taxi to convey him uphill by stages. inclined (/ɪnˈklaɪnd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a slope down which coat, phone and remaining dignity travel together. Russia was inclined, sliding gently against the wall while waiting for a taxi. inclined elevatored adj. Emboldened by drink to take the steep route home as though operating on a fixed cable. Bhavish was inclined elevatored and chose the hill despite the waiting taxi. inclined lifted adj. Sharpened by drink into a single-track departure, travelling towards home with one route and no reversals. Sherma was inclined lifted, committed to the last train despite its cancelled destination. inclined planed adj. Slowed by drink to a ramp-like progress, requiring less effort only because nobody expects speed. Aurra was inclined planed, taking the shallowest route from the pub to the bus stop. inclinemanned adj. Drunk and working the uphill journey as though each pavement section required a separate shift. Marvely was inclinemanned, labouring up the road with the coat over one shoulder. inclinered adj. Drunk to the point where every dial, pavement and taxi points towards a different home. Niket was inclinered, aligning himself repeatedly with the wrong direction sign. inclininged adj. You have drunk enough to mistake every passing preference for a settled inclination, and announce each accordingly. Loye became inclininged and revised his opinion whenever the barmaid crossed the room. inclinometered adj. You are drunk and maintaining an aircraft-like attitude which the horizon declines to confirm. Tatsuya was inclinometered, banking carefully round the table without aircraft or instrument. inclinometried adj. Of a drinker: measuring the Earth's magnetic field by inclination, with results compromised by the furniture. Dustina, inclinometried by midnight, reported a magnetic anomaly beneath the coat stand. inclisiranned adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening's cholesterol chiefly by refusing to acknowledge its snacks. Urenna grew inclisiranned and lectured the crisps on cardiovascular risk. inclosered adj. Drunk on the strength of which common ground becomes something to be quietly claimed. inclosured adj. Still drunk, and treating every loose remark as something that ought to be enclosed. includabilitied adj. Describing a drinker who considers every object, stranger and disputed anecdote eligible for inclusion. Isobell became includabilitied and added the coat rack to the guest list. includabled adj. A drinker who is eligible for inclusion in every conversation, particularly those already concluded. Miamour was includabled and joined three conversations without locating their beginnings. include guarded adj. Having drunk more than enough to prevent every anecdote from being repeated, usually by repeating it first. Daneel became include guarded and stopped the story whenever anyone else recognised it.