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chavelled (/ˈt͡ʃævəld/) adj. Reduced by drink to a jaw working steadily on the last cold sandwich. Sumeja sat on the sofa, chavelled, chewing the same corner of toast for several minutes. chavendered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who spots a single crumb across the kitchen and pursues it. chaverred (/xɑˈvɛɹd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a companion for every appliance, cushion and half-filled glass. Denita became chaverred and introduced the kettle to the tumbler as old friends. chavetted (/t͡ʃæˈvɛtd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to knock on the freezer door and demand an explanation. chavibetoled adj. Slowed by drink to the point where reaching the kitchen for water becomes an evening's project. Luthando was chavibetoled halfway to the tap and required the wall for further progress. chavicined adj. Drunk and seasoning the conversation with pepper while searching for the water glass. Charalambos became chavicined and peppered the soup before discovering it was already finished. chavicinned adj. Drunk to the point where every household remedy requires a second, more peppery remedy. Declen got chavicinned and added pepper to the water intended to settle the evening. chavicoled adj. Drunk enough to treat the kitchen's natural fragrance as a detailed personal message. Yitzchak became chavicoled and gave the basil on the windowsill a lengthy account of the evening. chavicyled adj. Drunk past the point of being a whole person, but still capable of guarding one glass of water. Arrun was chavicyled on the sofa, a single useful fragment beneath the blanket. chavismed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary domestic etiquette, with the fridge door left open as a matter of principle. Neylin got chavismed and left the refrigerator open while addressing the sofa. chavismoed adj. Too drunk to distinguish political conviction from wanting the last portion of chips distributed fairly. Haruo became chavismoed and demanded a vote on who had finished the crisps. chavnessed adj. Drunk in a way that makes a kitchen chair, a blanket and a glass seem socially sufficient. chavrusaed adj. Drunk, with the result that the kettle and the tumbler are made to work in pairs. Brantlie got chavrusaed and set the kettle beside the glass as though studying together. chavrutaed adj. Drunk to a degree that every domestic task requires a partner and prolonged consultation. Marylin became chavrutaed and asked the sofa to help decide whether water was necessary. chavurahed adj. Drunk since last orders, and assembled with the sofa, kettle and water glass into a small household fellowship. Natavia was chavurahed, gathered with the cushions and kettle beneath one quiet blanket. chavved (/t͡ʃævd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who treats the kitchen floor as a perfectly respectable place to hold court. Miaisha was chavved by ten and conducted proceedings from the tiles beside the dishwasher.