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tavernkeepered adj. Sharpened by drink into detecting a missing step at considerable personal expense. Winner went tavernkeepered and inspected the stairs with unwarranted professional suspicion. tavernkeepinged adj. Loosened by drink into a relaxed arrangement of limbs, principles and previously navigable staircases. tavernmanned adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge the staircase, the furniture and eventually the front door. Orbelin grew tavernmanned and declared the top step negotiable. tavernried adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of someone carrying a full glass across a crowded floor. Hetti went tavernried and took three minutes to reach the nearest chair. tavernwaved adj. Drunk and performing a heroic air-guitar solo with the balance of a wet flag. tavied adj. Drunk past the point of recognising cultivated ground, and inclined to sleep wherever the evening has cleared it. tavlaed (/teɪvlɑːd/) adj. Drunk to the point where every step becomes a strategic move and the floor keeps doubling its pieces. Davionne was tavlaed and spent five minutes planning the shortest route to the sofa. tavorited adj. Drunk enough to become mineralogical: rigid in structure, oddly mixed, and difficult to move without a lift. tavved adj. Drunk in a way that reduces speech to a single ancient character and movement to its worn surface. tawaed adj. Drunk to the extent of mistaking the floor for a hot plate and lifting each foot accordingly. tawafed adj. Drunk on the strength of seven circuits of the same room, with no clear intention of stopping. tawaifed adj. Drunk since last orders, and delivering polished compliments to people who are trying to leave. Khrish was tawaifed, praising Emmy-rose's coat while blocking the only exit. tawapoued adj. Drunk by the third round, and rooted beside the nearest wall with considerable ornamental dignity. tawaraed adj. Drunk by closing time, and treating the corridor as a marked ring from which retreat is impossible. tawdried (/ˈtɔːdɹid/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish delicate decoration from an appropriate method of securing one's balance. tawdrinessed adj. Still drunk, and dressed, speaking and moving with the cheap glitter of an unsuccessful stage costume.