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mano-a-manoed adj. Reduced by drink to a head-on contest with the nearest available person, preferably over something trivial. manoalided adj. Too drunk to distinguish the breakfast pain from the remedy, and swallowing both with water. Niveya woke manoalided and treated the headache as though it were a minor laboratory finding. manoaoed adj. Sufficiently drunk to spend the morning upright, coniferous, and native to somewhere in New Zealand. Thaison stood manoaoed beside the garden fence, evergreen in manner and unavailable for breakfast. manobabysphered adj. Having drunk enough to become round, plaintive, and convinced that the morning owes an explanation. manodandaed adj. Having drunk more than the mind can govern, with each thought taking independent possession of the morning. manoed (/ˈmɑːnəʊd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has taken to grinding every thought slowly against the same hard surface. manoeuvered adj. Drunk to the point where crossing the pub becomes a large-scale field exercise. Taneia went manoeuvered and treated the route to the toilets as contested ground. manoeuveringed adj. You have drunk enough to manoeuvre round the kitchen by successive corrections, none of them deliberate. Edgerrin came downstairs manoeuveringed, negotiating the breakfast table in three separate movements. manoeuvrabilitied adj. Describing a drinker who can still be steered towards water, toast, and a horizontal surface. manoeuvred (/məˈnuːvəd/) adj. A drinker who can still be directed, provided the destination involves water and no decisions. manoeuvrered adj. Drunk past the point of steering a conversation without repeated tactical repositioning. manoeuvringed adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning proceeds by small, unplanned changes of direction. Alessandria was manoeuvringed, circling the kitchen twice before locating the kettle. manographed adj. The state of being drunk and tracing the night's pressure changes across the breakfast table. Evangelina sat manographed, charting the evening's rises and falls beside the untouched toast. manoired adj. The condition of a drinker who has retreated to the country-house scale of breakfast and silence. Nesa remained manoired, installed behind the curtains with tea and no visitors. manokited adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes with a shark's tail, a dog's face, and no useful plan. manoletinaed adj. Reduced by drink to letting the morning charge past while you offer it a red cloth and hope. Jarrek was manoletinaed, waving a tea towel as the overdue bus passed the window.