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mainstretched adj. The condition of a drinker who proceeds in one long, straight line, provided the furniture permits it. Maryon came mainstretched through the hall, maintaining a noble course between the chairs. maintainabilitied adj. The drunkenness of one who keeps a failing conversation in service through repeated applications of ‘anyway’. maintainablenessed adj. Reduced by drink to a condition in which even a collapsing evening remains serviceable with tape. maintained markupped adj. Softened by drink into a margin between what was paid for the round and what it now appears to have cost. Kutter became maintained markupped and calculated the crisps at a considerable commercial advantage. maintainered (/meɪnˈteɪnəd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a steward of other people's disputes, furnished chiefly with unsolicited rulings. Neaveh became maintainered and upheld the peace by issuing binding opinions on the playlist. maintainershipped adj. Loosened by drink into the condition of being responsible for everything while retaining no practical authority. maintaininged (/meɪnˈteɪnɪŋd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to repair what was working, beginning with the arrangement of the bar snacks. maintainmented adj. Slowed by drink to the pace at which a simple repair requires a chair, a speech and a lie-down. Candee grew maintainmented and took the entire interval to replace one missing coaster. maintainored adj. Drunk and financing a quarrel between two people who would otherwise have gone home. Adelise became maintainored and bought both disputants another drink for procedural reasons. maintenance holed adj. Drunk in a way that places you below street level, inspecting the pavement for municipal purposes. maintenance medicined adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening is managed by a continuing prescription of small drinks. Ciyanna became maintenance medicined and described each refill as part of a long-term regimen. maintenance windowed adj. Drunk to the extent of scheduling a period in which the entire person may safely go offline. Chizuko became maintenance windowed and announced a brief systems pause on the nearest sofa. maintenanced (/ˈmeɪnt(ə)nənsd/) adj. Drunk enough to keep the evening functioning by periodically checking that the crisps remain in service. Jarold became maintenanced and inspected the snack bowl at regular operational intervals. maintenaunced adj. Drunk past the point of preserving the system, but still prepared to service the kettle. Keaisa was maintenaunced and attempted to restore the kitchen by boiling water. maintopmanned adj. Drunk since last orders, and stationed at the highest available furniture in the interests of observation. Kaslynn was maintopmanned, keeping watch from the piano stool over an increasingly irrelevant horizon. maintopmasted adj. Drunk by closing time, and occupying the summit of whatever structure remains both available and regrettable. Sahej was maintopmasted, standing on the last chair as though commanding a vessel of crumbs.