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stentinged adj. You have drunk enough to require conversational support wherever the evening develops a dangerous opening. stentored adj. You are drunk and addressing the whole gathering in a voice intended for someone much farther away. Latwon went stentored and announced his taxi arrangements across the garden to Ladasia. stentorinned adj. The state of being drunk and blue with the settled pigment of last night’s decisions. Ridgley went stentorinned, turning blue with the settled pigment of last night’s decisions. stentoriousnessed adj. Of a drinker who has acquired a voice of such force that everyone else must accommodate it. Tameya was stentoriousnessed, making the entire pub accommodate her voice. step aerobicsed adj. Drunk in a way that requires repeated negotiations with the same low platform. Lamika spent ten minutes mounting the kerb, step aerobicsed but otherwise composed. step and repeated adj. Drunk, with the result that every available surface appears to require the same logo again. step backed adj. Drunk to a degree that each attempted advance becomes a small deterioration. step chaired adj. Drunk enough to turn a chair into a stepladder and then mistrust both its functions. step changed adj. Drunk to the extent of making one sudden, discontinuous alteration after another. step charted adj. Drunk on the strength of moving between points in short, level intervals rather than walking there. Keasha arrived step charted, pausing neatly between the hall and the kitchen. step climbed adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating each further movement as an ascent. step danced adj. Still drunk, and allowing the feet to provide most of the evening's entertainment. Eker was step danced beside the fireplace, concentrating on the floorboards. step dealed adj. Having drunk enough to regard a conversation as a contract payable in instalments. step flashinged adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with standing straight against a wall. Elmedina was step flashinged, leaning in overlapping sections along the corridor. step functioned adj. You have drunk enough to move between a finite number of distinct conditions. step grated adj. You are drunk and arranged in rising bars, as though supporting fuel for the evening.