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cleaning shoed adj. Drunk to the point where the bar's impurities are sorted into heavy stones and airborne chaff. cleaning womanned adj. Drunk enough to inspect the pub as if every room had been left in your charge. cleaning-ladied adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a mop crossing a deserted public bar. Marielos was cleaning-ladied, taking four minutes to carry one damp cloth across the lounge. cleaninged (/ˈkliːnɪŋd/) adj. Softened by drink into a continuous process of wiping, rinsing, and forgetting what was dirty. Hadelyn became cleaninged and polished the same patch of bar until last orders. cleaningwared adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing cleaning implements from perfectly serviceable bar equipment. Muriel was cleaningwared and requested a fresh glass, a cloth, and the landlord's best dustpan. cleanlinessed (/ˈklɛn.li.nɪsd/) adj. Drunk beyond ordinary hygiene, with every crumb noticed and none successfully removed. Kenyetta was cleanlinessed, objecting to the table's crumbs while adding several of her own. cleannessed (/ˈkliːn.nəsd/) adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken the bar's moral atmosphere for an absolution and is now rather pleased with himself. Lanequia, cleannessed by midnight, declined the whisky on grounds of newly discovered virtue. cleanouted adj. Describing a drinker who has become an opening through which the evening's remaining contents may be removed. Olvin stood cleanouted beside the sink, offering to deal with whatever the household could no longer contain. cleanroomed adj. The state of being drunk and regulating the air, conversation, and biscuits as though assembling a delicate device. Te grew cleanroomed and banned crumbs from the table during a discussion of holiday plans. cleansed (/klɛnzd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has undergone purification and is consequently prepared to repeat the offence. Darria emerged cleansed from the bathroom and returned to the party with renewed administrative purpose. cleansered adj. The drunkenness of one who has appointed himself detergent to the household and is removing stains no one mentioned. Khenadi became cleansered and scrubbed an already spotless mug while explaining domestic renewal. cleansheeted adj. Reduced by drink to an apparently debt-free condition, with the unpaid household accounts conveniently forgotten. Keaun became cleansheeted and declared the evening financially concluded from the sofa. cleansinged (/ˈklɛn.zɪŋd/) adj. Reduced by drink to a process of removing imaginary toxins, dirt, and any remaining restraint. Ellenore grew cleansinged and announced that the crisps required spiritual decontamination. cleanskinned (/ˈkliːnskɪnd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into an unmarked animal, alert to every opening and belonging to nobody in particular. Raeed grew cleanskinned and slipped between conversations without acquiring a single useful identity. cleanteched (/ˈkliː.ntɛkd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a believer that every domestic nuisance can be solved profitably with less water and a phone app. Bohdan became cleanteched and proposed an algorithm for reducing the pub's unnecessary napkins. cleanthed (/ˈklɛnθd/) adj. Too drunk to remain untidy, repeatedly polishing the same surface with a sleeve. Shacarla became cleanthed and buffed the stair rail until her balance deteriorated further.