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narrow tailoringed adj. Describing a drinker who adjusts every gesture to achieve one small, state-approved objective. Hever was narrow tailoringed, concentrating all available coordination on opening the front door. narrow worked adj. A drinker who excavates a passage through the evening by repeated contact with fixed objects. Amyia narrow worked along the hall, constructing a route from wall to banister. narrow-angle lensed adj. A drinker so far gone that the world has reduced to one distant, badly focused route home. Cliford arrived narrow-angle lensed, seeing only the far end of the corridor. narrow-bellied seahorsed adj. The condition of a drinker who advances upright, curls unexpectedly, and relies on a tail-like grip. Tarrick went narrow-bellied seahorsed around the banister and refused the direct route. narrow-leaf ashed adj. The drunkenness of one who sheds balance in thin, rustling stages on the way downstairs. Decarlo was narrow-leaf ashed, scattering small corrections across every step. narrow-leaved malleed adj. Reduced by drink to a thin, branching figure whose movements spread uncertainly from the trunk. Vinathi became narrow-leaved malleed and extended both arms before attempting the landing. narrow-leaved poisonned adj. Softened by drink into a hazardous plant-like presence, best approached without sudden movements. Chrishanna stood narrow-leaved poisonned at the foot of the stairs, swaying mildly. narrow-mindednessed adj. Emboldened by drink to defend one small opinion through three landings and a locked door. Rafee became narrow-mindednessed and argued for the banister's moral superiority. narrow-nosed rhinocerosed adj. Drunk to the point where balance becomes prehistoric: deliberate, heavy, and poorly suited to modern stairs. Tarver went narrow-nosed rhinocerosed and required the entire banister for one descent. narrow-nosed rhinoed adj. Drunk and advancing with blunt determination, guided chiefly by whatever obstacle lies directly ahead. Robinson came narrow-nosed rhinoed through the hallway and displaced two dining chairs. narrow-sightednessed adj. Drunk enough to see only the next few inches, which is inadequate information for stairs. Lewie became narrow-sightednessed and inspected each step as though it were the whole staircase. narrow-width effected adj. You are drunk and treating the semiconductor threshold as the evening's last order, migration included. Solomiya spent ten minutes migrating between tables, narrow-width effected beyond practical recovery. narrow-winged tree cricketed adj. Of a drinker: chirping beside the coat stand until someone identifies the correct route home. Cocoa was narrow-winged tree cricketed, providing a thin accompaniment to last orders. narrowboated adj. Describing a drinker who proceeds home steadily, slowly, and with very little room for manoeuvre. Perrin left narrowboated, navigating the pavement as though it were an English canal. narrowboatered adj. A drinker who pilots the party towards last orders with patient, incremental corrections. Magline grew narrowboatered and guided three companions past the same pub twice. narrowboatinged adj. A drinker so far gone that the journey home has become a recreational inland-waterway activity. Anyae spent the walk narrowboatinged, looking for locks beneath the railway bridge.