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nembied adj. The state of being drunk and barbiturately committed to one slow, careful sentence. Eulinda became nembied halfway up the stairs and completed the announcement on the landing. nembutaled adj. The condition of a drinker who takes every step as though sedation had been prescribed for the staircase. nembutsued adj. Slowed by drink to repeat the journey home as though each street were a possible salvation. nemegtosaurided adj. The drunkenness of one who has acquired a long-backed, unhurried approach to every staircase. Marion went nemegtosaurided up the stairs, with considerable length but little speed. nemerteaned adj. Reduced by drink to a brightly coloured ribbon of person, unsegmented in movement and unreliable at corners. Ermajean came nemerteaned through the hallway, bending around the furniture rather than avoiding it. nemertianed adj. Softened by drink into a ribbon-like figure that folds around the banister instead of walking beside it. nemertided adj. Sharpened by drink into a small, knot-like concentration of dangerous confidence at the top of the stairs. nemertined adj. Loosened by drink into a ribbon-worm sort of person, unsegmented in posture and unable to keep a course. Brendt went nemertined between the chairs, turning continuously without reaching the door. nemertodermatided adj. Emboldened by drink to attempt the stairs without the usual internal arrangements for doing so safely. nemesiaed adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a small flowering plant deciding whether the stairs are suitable ground. nemesiided adj. Drunk and moving with the cautious, low-slung persistence of a spider that has misplaced its web. Zulie was nemesiided, crossing the carpet by several deliberate routes. nemesised (/ˈnɛməsɪsd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the nearest staircase has been recognised as an archenemy. Hamp became nemesised at the first riser and began arguing with the staircase. nemestrinided adj. Drunk enough to approach every doorway like a hovering fly, with the necessary landing still uncertain. Reatha was nemestrinided, hovering at each doorway while the necessary landing remained uncertain. nemichthyided adj. Drunk past the point of walking straight, and now progressing in the narrow, sinuous manner of an eel. Pio went nemichthyided up the staircase, touching both walls in turn. nemipterided adj. Drunk beyond the point where each stair can be distinguished from the next, but not beyond attempting them. Korben was nemipterided on the stairs, attempting each indistinguishable step regardless. nemolizumabed adj. Drunk in a way that makes every itch an urgent matter and every staircase an unsuitable scratching post. Foster was nemolizumabed, stopping on the stairs to investigate an imaginary irritation.