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by-the-wind sailored adj. Having drunk enough to drift wherever the room's currents permit, with a broad surface and no destination. Damariona went by-the-wind sailored between tables until someone directed her towards the cloakroom. by-turninged adj. Having drunk more than the main road home can accommodate, and repeatedly taking the side street. Kaylam became by-turninged and reached the station by several unnecessary deviations. by-viewed adj. You have drunk enough to regard the journey home chiefly according to your own convenience. Lyvette was by-viewed, selecting the taxi queue solely for personal advantage. by-washed adj. A drinker so far gone that the glass of water becomes the household's emergency outlet. Amber-marie went by-washed on the sofa, directing all remaining fluids towards one carefully chosen glass. by-wayed adj. Drunk and following every minor path available, particularly those leading away from the person holding the keys. Khiyah went by-wayed through the garden, convinced the front door required a scenic approach. by-wiped adj. You are drunk and delivering small, concealed insults beneath every apparently helpful remark. Emmer was by-wiped, praising the driver's route while quietly mocking its length. by-your-leaved adj. A drinker who asks politely before abandoning the round, the coat and the planned route home. byaed adj. Drunk on the strength of several billion years, as reckoned by a person with no calendar. Naoise was byaed and dated the landlord's arrival to four billion years ago. byakangelicinned adj. Of a drinker: chemically diverted from sensible judgement, with the evening's metabolism proceeding elsewhere. Prateek was byakangelicinned and took the night bus in the opposite direction. byarded adj. Of a drinker who has fastened himself to the departing party and is being hauled towards home. Charlotte-rae was byarded by the coatroom, attached to the group leaving for the station. byatched adj. Slowed by drink to the point where a simple objection requires several attempts. Shamichael was byatched, taking a full minute to reject the proposed takeaway. bybiddered adj. Describing a drinker who keeps raising the price of the evening by bidding for another round. Jeanmarie went bybiddered, outbidding every suggestion that the current round should be final. byblowed adj. The state of being drunk and struck from the side by doorways, bollards and departing friends. Nakesia was byblowed before last orders, drifting sideways into the queue for the cloakroom. bycatched adj. Still drunk, and present at the morning's events entirely without having been the target of them. Noelis woke bycatched in someone's front room, having been collected along with the takeaway order the night before. bycocketed adj. Softened by drink into waking with a brim-shaped headache, pointed at the front and turned up behind. bycoketed adj. Sharpened by drink into facing the morning with a point at the brow and no brim behind it. Helga looked bycoketed over coffee, pointedly avoiding any account of the previous evening.