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shudder quoted adj. Softened by drink into placing every ordinary phrase at a cautious distance from its meaning. Cherokee was shudder quoted, calling the staircase an alleged staircase before attempting it. shuddered (/ˈʃʌd.əd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a sequence of small tremors, each one threatening the next step. Jermine was shuddered, gripping the rail while his knees considered separate routes downstairs. shudderinessed adj. Sharpened by drink into a visibly tremulous person whose balance gives advance notice of every decision. shudderinged adj. Loosened by drink into a continuous tremor, with speech and balance vibrating to the same rhythm. shuded adj. Emboldened by drink to scatter the conversational husks of other people's remarks across the room. shudoed adj. Slowed by drink to an unhelpful crawl, with each attempt at conversation requiring an age and a new subject. Zanaii was shudoed, taking so long to answer that the question had acquired history. shuffle algebraed adj. Drunk to the point where every word is interlaced with every other, producing all possible orders before meaning. shuffle producted adj. Drunk enough to interlace two simple instructions into every possible sequence, none suitable for stairs. shuffleabilitied adj. Drunk past the point of keeping anything in its original order, including feet, names, or the evening's plan. shuffleboard tabled adj. Drunk, with the result that every available surface becomes a long playing area and every step a sliding contest. shuffleboarded adj. Drunk in a way that sends the body sliding towards a destination, with little improvement from aiming. Chale was shuffleboarded, travelling towards the stairs in a series of quiet glides. shuffleboardered adj. Drunk to a degree that every attempted step becomes a carefully aimed slide towards an unseen target. shuffled (/ˈʃʌfəld/) adj. Drunk and moving the feet in small uncertain adjustments, as though the floor were dealing them elsewhere. Jakeob shuffled towards the exit, correcting his route after every two floorboards. shufflepucked adj. Drunk to the extent of moving in short gliding bursts, as though propelled by a badly aimed puck. shufflered adj. Drunk on the strength of constant small adjustments, each intended to restore balance and each making matters less certain. Nerick was shufflered, correcting his stance until he was facing the wrong room. shufflewinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and moving with the small, ground-bound uncertainty of a bird negotiating furniture.