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microlesioned adj. Of a drinker: marked by tiny failures of coordination that appear wherever precision is required. microlessonned adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a few minutes' instruction for command of the stairs. Zachariyah was microlessonned and recited the banister procedure before descending. microlevelled adj. Describing a drinker who has reduced balance to a microscopic level and speech to matching fragments. Mattie was microlevelled, negotiating the stairs in movements too small to count. microlevered adj. Drunk in a way that applies tiny amounts of force to every decision, including whether to leave. Darcey-mae was microlevered, easing one glove on and reconsidering the taxi. microlibraried adj. Drunk, with the result that every remaining fact is shelved in a very small collection. Shamaiah was microlibraried, consulting the coat pockets as though they contained reference works. microlichened adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you spread thinly across the pavement and difficult to distinguish from it. Natricia was microlichened beside the taxi rank, occupying the pavement in two dimensions. microlidared adj. Drunk to the extent of locating the way home by invisible pulses and refusing ordinary directions. Frederico went microlidared after closing, mapping the route by signals no one else could see. microlifed adj. Drunk on the strength of numerous tiny organisms, or of several drinks too small to count individually. microlighted adj. Drunk since last orders, and airborne in spirit if not yet clear of the bar. microlightered adj. Drunk by the third round, and piloting the journey home with an aviator's misplaced confidence. Ruman was microlightered, steering towards the taxi rank by landmarks only he recognised. microlightinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the walk home as recreational aviation. Roshida was microlightinged, banking round parked cars on the way to the station. microlinguisticsed adj. Still drunk, and analysing the evening's speech without attending to what anyone meant. Essy was microlinguisticsed, correcting the structure of the taxi driver's farewell. microlipided adj. Too drunk to distinguish a beneficial oil emulsion from the contents of the last round. microlipidomed adj. Sufficiently drunk to inventory every small oily remnant of the evening's drinking. Jewelia was microlipidomed, cataloguing the sheen on each empty glass. microlissencephalied adj. Having drunk enough to lose both the usual folds of thought and the sense of where home is. microlited adj. Having drunk more than the evening's small mineral allowance, and becoming chemically immovable near the bar. Wakeelah was microlited after the third round, dense beside the fruit machine.