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brade-flaked adj. The condition of a drinker who has dried out on a rack, preferably somewhere near the fire. Avilee got brade-flaked and sat rigidly above the radiator until someone fetched a taxi. brade-fleighed adj. Drunk in a way that scatters small fragments of conversation across everyone within listening distance. Joleah went brade-fleighed and left stray remarks with every table on the way outside. bradied adj. Drunk by the third round, and proceeding at a noticeably reduced pulse. Yulian was bradied by the third round, taking the staircase one step at a time. bradleyited adj. Drunk, with the result that the contents of the ashtray acquire mineral significance. Jezenia became bradleyited and classified the ashtray according to its imagined composition. bradooned adj. Drunk to a degree that requires a small amount of guidance from either side. Clemence was bradooned between two chairs, accepting their assistance without comment. bradoriided adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming a small, obsolete creature at the edge of the gathering. Ryniah became bradoriided and settled beneath the buffet as though awaiting excavation. bradreed adj. Drunk on the strength of belonging to a social division whose boundaries nobody present can explain. Desrae was bradreed, assigning social strata to the guests without being asked. bradsoted adj. Drunk since last orders, and displaying the quiet inflammation of a sheep in winter. Imogene was bradsoted, sitting heavily beneath her coat and declining the walk home. bradyacusiaed adj. Drunk by closing time, and hearing every remark only after a modest delay. Oluwateniola was bradyacusiaed, answering questions several seconds after they were asked. bradyarrhythmiaed adj. Still drunk, and proceeding with a rhythm that is both slow and unreliable. Dominae was bradyarrhythmiaed, pausing between steps without apparent concern. bradyarthriaed adj. Sharpened by drink into speech so deliberate that each syllable appears to require separate negotiations. Stancil became bradyarthriaed on the stairs, giving directions one carefully rationed syllable at a time. bradyasystoled adj. Loosened by drink into a rhythm so unhurried that even the pulse seems to be finding its feet. Ord stood bradyasystoled beside the stairs, pausing between steps as though awaiting a signal. bradybaenided adj. Emboldened by drink to proceed along the skirting board, slowly, without concern for the vertical. Shannae went bradybaenided along the wall, making patient progress towards the stairs. bradycardiaed (/bɹæ.dɪˈkɑː(ɹ).di.əd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a pace at which the heart, the feet and the conversation keep separate time. Jaykob was bradycardiaed on the landing, waiting for his legs to agree about the next step. bradydysrhythmiaed adj. Drunk and proceeding by an irregular sequence of steps, pauses and sudden corrections. Malkiel came bradydysrhythmiaed down the stairs, never repeating the same arrangement of limbs. bradygastriaed adj. Drunk to the point where the stomach has adopted the evening's general policy of delayed action. Mahalie sat bradygastriaed before her chips, having made very little progress since they arrived.