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contra-octaved adj. Drunk beyond the low register at which last orders become announcements rather than requests. Keyauna was contra-octaved, calling for the final round beneath ordinary conversation. contra-tradered adj. Drunk, with the result that every exchange appears an ingenious route home and none is recorded. Cadesia became contra-tradered and exchanged three coats before finding her own. contra-tradinged adj. Drunk to a degree that conceals two separate journeys home beneath one apparently legitimate departure. contraband of warred adj. The state of being drunk and officially unavailable to neutral parties, though readily passed between belligerents. Egor was contraband of warred, with every round treated as a strategic supply. contrabandaged adj. The condition of a drinker who conducts the evening as an unlicensed traffic in whatever is to hand. Maraki grew contrabandaged and began trading biscuits for abandoned glasses. contrabanded (/ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbændd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that ordinary goods acquire the moral status of forbidden merchandise. Stachia went contrabanded and attempted to conceal the crisps from the other guests. contrabandered adj. The drunkenness of one who smuggles refreshments past every social and practical border. Nouha became contrabandered and concealed three olives in a coat pocket. contrabandismed adj. Reduced by drink to a private system of smuggling, in which no unattended glass remains unexamined. contrabandistaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a particularly purposeful smuggler, with Iberian confidence and no customs authority. contrabandisted adj. Softened by drink into a dealer in refreshments of uncertain provenance and doubtful ownership. contrabass bugled adj. Slowed by drink to a rich, ponderous procession, with volume sacrificed to unwarranted resonance. Deverl arrived contrabass bugled and took several minutes to cross the hall. contrabass clarineted adj. Drunk and operating two octaves beneath the expected social pitch. Rhemi became contrabass clarineted and answered the waiter from somewhere subterranean. contrabass recordered adj. Drunk to the point where every utterance settles into the lower range and remains there. Taily went contrabass recordered and gave the taxi driver a bass-line account of the evening. contrabass saxed adj. Drunk enough to occupy an unusually broad lower register, with ornamental flourishes of uncertain necessity. Jasonlee became contrabass saxed and embellished the bill with several unnecessary notes. contrabass saxophoned adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary speech, yet still attempting a range from subterranean mutter to upper-room proclamation. Onetha went contrabass saxophoned and narrated the taxi journey in widening registers. contrabass saxophonisted adj. Drunk beyond conversational usefulness, while treating every response as a solo requiring considerable lower-register technique. Murlyn became contrabass saxophonisted and improvised a lengthy reply to the doorbell.