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partial equilibriumed adj. Reduced by drink to a local balance that works on one stair at a time and nowhere else. Jasear was partial equilibriumed, steady on each step but not between them. partial evaluationed adj. Softened by drink into testing each possible movement in advance, then choosing the slowest successful one. Yves was partial evaluationed, rehearsing every foot placement before committing to the stairs. partial false friended (/ˈpɑː.ʃəl fɔːls fɹɛndd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into mistaking familiar-looking words for the meanings they actually carry. partial fractioned adj. Loosened by drink into several small portions, each of which claims to be the whole person. partial function applicationed adj. Slowed by drink to supplying only some answers, leaving the rest for a later invocation. partial functioned adj. Emboldened by drink to operate only where the floor is familiar and the next step has been specified. Nabia was partial functioned, capable in the hallway but undefined at the staircase. partial indulgenced adj. Slowed by drink to a remission of only some sins: the apology is offered, but the spilling continues. partial objected adj. Drunk since last orders, and treating every unfinished action as though it required a formal second reading. Forestt got partial objected and requested formal reconsideration of the half-washed pint glass. partial ordered adj. Drunk to the point where some steps can be compared, but the landing and the floor cannot. partial ordering relationed adj. Drunk enough to connect certain movements reliably, while leaving the rest of the descent unrelated. Deboraah was partial ordering relationed, linking handrail to footfall but not footfall to direction. partial pinned adj. Drunk past the point of moving freely, held in place by a rook, queen, or conveniently placed banister. partial pressured adj. A drinker so far gone that only one component of the evening is contributing anything, and it is contributing at full force. Janascia was partial pressured — the rest of the table cheerful, she alone supplying the entire atmospheric weight of the occasion. partial shapered adj. Drunk, with the result that the body is being corrected for symmetry by whatever furniture is nearest. partial summed adj. A drinker who treats each round as a finite instalment of an evening with no foreseeable end. partial thromboplastin timed adj. A drinker so far gone that coagulation seems a reasonable subject for discussion while waiting for last orders. partial vacuumed adj. The state of being drunk and drawing the room's remaining conversation steadily towards oneself.