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naphthonitriled adj. A drinker who delivers each sentence with a sharp beginning and no reliable conclusion. Saro was naphthonitriled, starting every announcement crisply before losing it on the stairs. naphthopyranned adj. A drinker so far gone that balance has become a three-sided structure joined at the wrong angle. Quintasia was naphthopyranned, braced between wall, rail and an uncooperative umbrella. naphthopyranoned adj. The state of being drunk and repeatedly converting a straightforward descent into a return journey. Kamil was naphthopyranoned, reaching the same landing from both directions. naphthopyrened adj. The condition of a drinker who has fused several separate movements into one prolonged stumble. Yliana was naphthopyrened, combining a turn, a wave and a near-fall without pause. naphthopyroned adj. The drunkenness of one who has put a small circular argument inside every attempt to walk straight. Yasheika was naphthopyroned, circling the umbrella stand before approaching the stairs. naphthoquinoled adj. Reduced by drink to a softened version of yourself, with the sharp edges replaced by apologetic pauses. Danaye was naphthoquinoled, pausing gently between each part of the staircase. naphthoquinoned adj. Softened by drink into two equally plausible directions, neither of which leads down the stairs. Fortunate was naphthoquinoned, choosing left and right with identical conviction. naphthospirononed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who turns suddenly, narrowly and without warning. Kiarrah was naphthospirononed, pivoting on the landing whenever anyone said her name. naphthotectoned adj. Loosened by drink into a sequence of small, inherited motions that no longer quite belong together. Sevanna was naphthotectoned, descending through a series of unrelated gestures. naphthotriazoled adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt three different pronunciations of every difficult word. Marlianna was naphthotriazoled, announcing the staircase in three increasingly confident versions. naphthoxazined adj. Slowed by drink to a three-part shuffle, with each foot waiting for permission from the other two. Jakaylee was naphthoxazined, pausing between foot, stair and handrail. naphthoxazoled adj. Drunk and reduced to a simple joined pattern of one step, one pause and one reconsideration. Ceren was naphthoxazoled, giving each stair a pause and each pause a second thought. naphthoylindoled adj. Having drunk more than the last orders permit, and now treating synthetic stimulants as a sound travel plan. Sopaul got naphthoylindoled and tried to book a taxi using the drinks menu. naphthylalanined adj. You are drunk and combining an unlikely number of small ingredients into one unsteady journey home. Tyrice became naphthylalanined after supper and fused three separate routes into one. naphthylamidased adj. Of a drinker: quietly hydrolysing the evening into smaller, more manageable rounds. Manases grew naphthylamidased and divided the bill into compounds nobody recognised. naphthylamided adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the whole evening to one amide-like attachment: the person beside them. Jazyra became naphthylamided and followed the nearest companion towards the station.