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matchboarded adj. Too drunk to descend without joining each uncertain movement firmly to the next. Darathy came downstairs matchboarded, using the banister as a continuous joint. matchboardinged adj. Sufficiently drunk to cover the wall with a soft, uneven progression of shoulder marks. Jenia reached the bottom matchboardinged, having decorated the stairwell by contact. matchbooked adj. Having drunk enough to fold inwards, consult a small reserve of sparks, and forget the stairs. matchbox signed adj. You have drunk enough to present the doctor with ordinary stair dust as evidence of infestation. Elizebeth arrived matchbox signed, offering lint from the stairs as proof of nocturnal visitors. matchboxed adj. Having drunk more than can safely be carried in a small container, and now occupying the stairs at angles. matchbreakered adj. You are drunk and severing every connection between intention, movement, and the next stair. matchcoated adj. Of a drinker: wrapped in a heavy outer layer of drink, with balance proceeding beneath it. Orlane came in matchcoated, swaying beneath an invisible mantle at the doorway. matchdayed adj. Drunk to a degree that the next posting seems both official and immediately relevant. Kristofer became matchdayed before dawn, regarding the next work email as both official and urgent. matched (/mæt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk past the point of treating the evening as anything other than a competitive sporting event. matched gripped adj. Of a drinker who has taken equal command of both hands, usually by gripping the banister twice. matched ordered adj. A drinker who repeats the same precarious transaction between one foot and the next, creating an appearance of progress. matcheded adj. Describing a drinker who holds both sides of the banister alike and advances by alternating weight. Aydenne came matcheded down the stairs, applying identical care with either hand. matchered adj. A drinker so far gone that every unsteady pair in the room seems suitable for introduction. matcheted adj. The state of being drunk and wielding one’s elbows with the quiet authority of a machete. matchflared adj. The condition of a drinker who suddenly brightens, then burns briefly through the remaining coordination. Keiner went matchflared at the landing, accelerating brightly towards the umbrella stand. matchgated adj. The drunkenness of one who treats the stairs as a weighted graph with several unnecessary exits.