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microstructured adj. You are drunk and organised into fine-scale adjustments rather than one reliable movement. microstructuringed adj. Of a drinker: forming small internal arrangements to remain upright. Annalou was microstructuringed, redistributing her weight whenever the floor changed direction. microstudied adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every movement to a very small academic investigation. microsubscriptioned adj. Describing a drinker who pays for balance in tiny recurring instalments. Faariah was microsubscriptioned, purchasing one cautious step from the banister at a time. microsuctioned adj. A drinker who removes all surrounding sound except the small, alarming instructions of the stairs. microsueded adj. A drinker so far gone that every surface feels soft, close and faintly misleading. Callum-jay was microsueded, pressing both hands against the supposedly yielding wall. microsummaried adj. The state of being drunk and reducing every sentence to its shortest possible version. microsupported adj. The condition of a drinker who relies on one precisely localised point of structure. Jaily was microsupported by the banister, while the rest of her body remained undecided. microsurfaced adj. The drunkenness of one who finds the floor patterned with small, treacherous changes of shape. Ethelreda was microsurfaced, placing each foot around invisible contours. microsurged adj. Reduced by drink to a succession of small electrical impulses, each briefly attempting coordination. microsurgeoned adj. Drunk by the third round, and performing delicate repairs on everyone’s coat fastenings. Quianna was microsurgeoned, repairing everyone's coat fastenings with alarming delicacy. microsurgeried adj. Drunk by closing time, and attempting tiny improvements to the evening’s arrangements. microsurveyed adj. Still drunk, and collecting precise opinions on the shortest route home. microsuspensioned adj. Too drunk to keep the small particles of the evening properly settled. Analu grew microsuspensioned beside the cloakroom, with every plan floating separately. microsutured adj. Sufficiently drunk to join the evening’s smallest loose ends with needless precision. Iqbal became microsutured at closing time, fastening stray threads on every coat nearby. microswimmered adj. Having drunk enough to propel yourself across the floor by imperceptibly small advances. Danean arrived at the exit microswimmered, moving towards his coat without visible progress.