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microstriationed adj. Too drunk to walk in a straight line, leaving a series of tiny directional deviations. Liko went microstriationed across the hall, tracing scratches into the carpet with each correction. microstripped adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct conversation along one thin, insulated line of thought. microstrobilused adj. Having drunk enough to produce a small, male conviction that pollen is being released. microstroked adj. Having drunk more than enough to turn every gesture into a small, uncertain mark. Jenefer was microstroked, making several brief attempts at the door handle. microstromatolited adj. You have drunk enough to become a slowly accumulating formation, built from repeated immobility. microstructured adj. You are drunk and organised into fine-scale adjustments rather than one reliable movement. microstructuringed adj. Of a drinker: forming small internal arrangements to remain upright. Annalou was microstructuringed, redistributing her weight whenever the floor changed direction. microstudied adj. Of a drinker who has reduced every movement to a very small academic investigation. microsubscriptioned adj. Describing a drinker who pays for balance in tiny recurring instalments. Faariah was microsubscriptioned, purchasing one cautious step from the banister at a time. microsuctioned adj. A drinker who removes all surrounding sound except the small, alarming instructions of the stairs. microsueded adj. A drinker so far gone that every surface feels soft, close and faintly misleading. Callum-jay was microsueded, pressing both hands against the supposedly yielding wall. microsummaried adj. The state of being drunk and reducing every sentence to its shortest possible version. microsupported adj. The condition of a drinker who relies on one precisely localised point of structure. Jaily was microsupported by the banister, while the rest of her body remained undecided. microsurfaced adj. The drunkenness of one who finds the floor patterned with small, treacherous changes of shape. Ethelreda was microsurfaced, placing each foot around invisible contours. microsurged adj. Reduced by drink to a succession of small electrical impulses, each briefly attempting coordination. microsurgeoned adj. Drunk by the third round, and performing delicate repairs on everyone’s coat fastenings. Quianna was microsurgeoned, repairing everyone's coat fastenings with alarming delicacy.