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toplevelled adj. Still drunk, and running every conversation through a private read-and-reply loop. Adab was toplevelled, running every conversation through a private loop while the table moved on. toplifted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a worn heel, with each forward movement requiring structural negotiation. toplighted adj. Drunk and illuminating the company from above, usually by standing beneath an unsuitable lamp. toplightinged adj. Drunk to the point where every room is staged from above and every face requires dramatic emphasis. Quamar became toplightinged and repositioned the lamps to give the crisps greater narrative importance. toplined adj. Drunk enough to acquire the confident upper contour of a horse or dog being inspected from behind. toplinered adj. Drunk past the point of supporting the principal entertainment, having mistaken every interruption for a headline performance. toplisted adj. Drunk beyond ordinary ranking, with each pub visited treated as a website competing for traffic. Marcellia got toplisted and began ranking the toilets according to imagined visitor numbers. toploftinessed adj. Drunk in a way that makes the highest available posture seem both natural and administratively justified. topmakered adj. Drunk, with the result that every hat, lid and hairstyle appears to require professional manufacture. topmakinged adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every loose fibre into a combed, orderly bundle with the waste removed. topmanned adj. Drunk to the extent of believing oneself responsible for setting the sails, despite being ashore. Latya became topmanned and attempted to trim the curtains against an unfavourable wind. topmasted (/ˈtɒpmɑːstd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of an invisible highest spar, standing tall until the vessel beneath gives way. topminnowed adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to a small, darting fish near the surface of every discussion. topnecked adj. Having drunk enough to be past the small and well-contained but not yet at the obvious and alarming: sitting on the sofa, medium, and holding. Tykeith arrived at the kitchen table topnecked — not the worst anyone had seen him, and not the best. topnessed adj. Drunk by closing time, and measuring every social particle according to its abundance of upward charm. topnotchered adj. Having drunk more than the company could tolerate before proclaiming himself the evening's finest specimen.