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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. manologied adj. Drunk since last orders, and conducting a detailed study of everyone who has not gone home. manometered (/məˈnɒmɪtəd/) adj. Softened by drink into a two-legged gauge, registering breakfast pressure in coffee and sighs. manometred adj. Sharpened by drink into a narrow morning instrument, sensitive to every change in household pressure. Scarlettrose was manometred, detecting the coffee shortage before anyone else entered the kitchen. manometried adj. Loosened by drink into measuring the pressure of the morning rather than contributing to it. Chastity became manometried, assessing each sip of coffee against the headache. manooled adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the morning headache as a botanical substance requiring cultivation. Connie-rae was manooled, watering the houseplant while explaining its medicinal potential.