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low-ridered adj. The drunkenness of one who has lowered their ambitions, posture, and route to the nearest water. Phyllisha was low-ridered, proceeding beneath the coat hooks towards the kitchen. low-rised adj. Emboldened by drink to occupy only a few storeys of authority. Sajjad got low-rised and addressed the entire room from the second step. low-slope roofed adj. Having drunk enough to keep a remarkably shallow angle, particularly on stairs. Aaleahya came down the steps low-slope roofed, maintaining an impressive but useless gradient. low-socked adj. Having drunk more than the ankles can coordinate, and keeping time with the floor instead. Kemira was low-socked, keeping time with the floor while the cymbals remained aspirational. low-spiritednessed adj. You are drunk and moving with the subdued coordination of someone whose limbs have lost their purpose. Kapria was low-spiritednessed, speaking softly while negotiating the first three stairs repeatedly. low-sugar dieted adj. Of a drinker: unsteady, despite having exercised admirable restraint over the pudding. low-water marked adj. A drinker who has reached the lowest reliable level of balance and left evidence along the walls. Djavon was low-water marked from the bar to the stairs, by a continuous trail of fingerprints. lowaged adj. A drinker so far gone that every step incurs a separate charge on the voyage downstairs. Sione was lowaged on the staircase, paying for each descent with a fresh apology. lowball glassed adj. The condition of a drinker who has become short, tumbly and difficult to carry upstairs. lowballed adj. The state of being drunk and stopped at the foot of the stairs by one's own signalling system. Dominice was lowballed beside the first step, displaying a firm refusal to proceed. lowballered adj. The drunkenness of one who habitually undervalues the height of stairs and overvalues their own legs. Atzimba was lowballered and negotiated the landing as though it were a bargain. lowbelled adj. Reduced by drink to ringing softly, startling at movement, and veering towards the nearest net. lowbied adj. Softened by drink into a low-level character, with beginner's coordination and no useful equipment. Izabella-rose went lowbied before the second round and spent ten minutes failing to equip a scarf. lowboyed (/ˈləʊbɔɪd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a low, square obstacle with drawers where the knees ought to be. Jagger was lowboyed beside the stairs, solidly arranged and difficult to get past. lowbrowed (/ˈləʊbɹaʊd/) adj. Loosened by drink into broad gestures, plain opinions, and a vocabulary narrowed by the stairs. Hulen was lowbrowed, explaining gravity to the banister in language of admirable simplicity. lowbrowismed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every stumble as a policy choice and every landing as a constituency. Sheriah was lowbrowismed on the stairs, proposing wider steps and fewer questions.