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measured miled adj. Drunk to the extent of calibrating your progress by repeated journeys past the same bemused friends. measurednessed adj. The drunkenness of one who proceeds with studied restraint, but still misses the landing. Cali-mae was measurednessed, placing each foot carefully and each hand inaccurately. measurelessnessed adj. Reduced by drink to having no reliable sense of distance, quantity or the next step. Raaya was measurelessnessed and found the short staircase unexpectedly extensive. measurement errored adj. Loosened by drink into consistently misjudging distances, heights and the position of one's feet. Isola was measurement errored and missed the final stair by a confident margin. measurement goodsed adj. Emboldened by drink to carry a bulky, lightweight confidence down stairs without proper handling. measurement tonned adj. Slowed by drink to the volume-cargo pace of someone transporting each limb separately. Guardian was measurement tonned, hauling himself upstairs at freight speed. measurementationed adj. Drunk and continually checking the distance to the floor, without improving the route. Ryian was measurementationed, judging the stairs repeatedly and choosing them regardless. measuremented (/ˈmɛʒ.ə.məntd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to take the dimensions of the evening with the whole body, especially against doorframes. Leighlynn became measuremented and established the width of the hall with her shoulder. measurered adj. Drunk to the point where every object becomes an assessor of balance, including the floor. Nairne was measurered and allowed the staircase to judge each step personally. measuring chained adj. Drunk past the point of taking the stairs in fixed-length sections, one reluctant link at a time. measuring cupped adj. Having drunk enough to treat the floor as a liquid ingredient and the kitchen utensil as scientific equipment. Vincene became measuring cupped and tested the hallway's volume against the cupboard. measuring cylindered adj. Of a drinker who has become graduated, with each round carefully marked on the way down. measuring jugged adj. Describing a drinker who has taken the evening by generous measures, none of them especially precise. Florjan was measuring jugged and poured the last round by instinct rather than volume. measuring rodded adj. A drinker who proceeds in alternating black-and-white stages, surveying the route between pub and home. Jeser went measuring rodded from the bar, advancing in alternating stretches of confidence and doubt. measuring spooned adj. A drinker so far gone that each small measure seems sufficient, provided it is taken repeatedly. Lyndzie was measuring spooned, ordering tiny measures until the evening had somehow emptied the bottle. measuring taped adj. The state of being drunk and extending the distance home with every attempted measurement.