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narratressed adj. A drinker who supplies the evening with a running female voice-over. Vibol was narratressed and described the waiter’s movements as they occurred. narratrixed adj. A drinker so far gone that every small event receives a woman’s narrative authority. Devonda was narratrixed and gave the coat check an unexpectedly formal account. narremed adj. The state of being drunk and reducing each episode to one small narrative unit. Yocelyn was narremed and treated the dropped fork as a complete incident. narrow AI'd adj. The drunkenness of one who performs one limited task with unreasonable confidence. Elidet was narrow AI'd and could discuss only the merits of one particular lager. narrow artificial intelligenced adj. A drinker so far gone that they perform magnificently on one specialised topic — the walk home — and cannot manage anything else at all. Liba was narrow artificial intelligenced by midnight, an expert on bar stools and nothing beyond. narrow banked adj. Softened by drink into investing all available confidence in one safe course of action. Emma- was narrow banked and put every remaining pound towards the taxi home. narrow bankinged adj. Drunk by closing time, and investing every remaining movement in a safe, government-approved direction. Kemuel spent the descent narrow bankinged, making each handrail transaction with care. narrow boated adj. Of a drinker who has committed to the canal route home, however many changes it requires. Orban went narrow boated and planned the journey home entirely by towpath. narrow clothed adj. Still drunk, and wrapped so tightly in one's own limbs that movement has become a woollen matter. Mekiya came downstairs narrow clothed, with both elbows carefully inside the arrangement. narrow constructioned adj. The state of being drunk and interpreting every instruction according to its most literally defensible and least inconvenient reading. Avella went home narrow constructioned, having determined that 'last orders' applied only to table seven. narrow escaped (/ˌnæɹəʊ ɪˈskeɪpd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has only just cleared each obstacle of the evening, and is aware of this fact, and is proud. Unborn arrived home narrow escaped, having negotiated the lamp-post, the step, and the letterbox. narrow gauged adj. Having drunk more than your balance can measure, and proceeding along a track of insufficient width. Yaleska came narrow gauged down the stairs, allowing no foot beyond the carpet's edge. narrow housed adj. You have drunk enough to treat the nearest horizontal surface as a grave of limited dimensions. Miquela became narrow housed on the third stair and declined all further elevation. narrow mindednessed adj. Loosened by drink into a person whose formerly limited opinions now spill into every available direction. Zykierra grew narrow mindednessed and widened the argument to include the staircase. narrow seaed adj. Of a drinker: moving like a channel of water, with every conversation forced through one opening. Shabria went narrow seaed, funnelling all discussion towards the same locked doorway. narrow squeaked adj. Of a drinker who has just avoided the stairs, the table, and a moderately serious conversation. Dajiana narrow squeaked past the bannister and regarded the landing with suspicion.