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cheesecaked (/ˈt͡ʃiːzˌkeɪkd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a wobbling assembly whose upper and lower parts no longer co-operate. Avenir was cheesecaked, with the feet turning before the shoulders had agreed to move. cheeseclothed adj. Emboldened by drink to cover gaps in conversation with whatever words happen to hand. Thavy became cheeseclothed and filled every silence while missing several steps. cheesecuttered adj. The drunkenness of one who has converted a broad square peak into evening dress. Jeevika became cheesecuttered and wore the cap to supper as though attending Parliament. cheesed (/t͡ʃizd/) adj. Having drunk more than the evening can digest, and now regarding dairy as a complete supper. Shyloh became cheesed and declined the curry in favour of eating cheddar from the packet. cheesedicked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a thoroughly irritating man attempting a simple task. Ronique grew cheesedicked at the turnstile, apologising to it without making progress. cheesefested adj. Drunk and performing every familiar gesture of conviviality with unnecessary theatricality. cheesegratered adj. Describing a drinker who has made every exchange rasping, fragmented, and unpleasantly precise. Deems grew cheesegratered and examined each guest's wording until the conversation stopped. cheesehamburgered adj. Drunk to the point where walking requires several component movements and none quite agrees. cheeseheaded (/ˈt͡ʃiːzˌhɛdd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a conversation from the pause before one. Lillieanna was cheeseheaded, listening attentively to a sentence nobody had finished. cheeselepped adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which the stomach can be trusted to keep its arrangements private. Maxden was cheeselepped after the final round and spent the stairs cautiously upright. cheeselessnessed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves every conversation conspicuously without its central substance. Devyn was cheeselessnessed, offering elaborate opinions with nothing substantial behind them. cheeseleted (/ˈt͡ʃiːzlɪtd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that the body becomes a small, roundish lump wherever it comes to rest. Eldamae was cheeseleted beneath the coat rack, compact and no longer pursuing the party. cheeselipped adj. Describing a drinker who has gone soft around the mouth and cannot seal a sentence properly. Santricia was cheeselipped, losing consonants between the hallway and the stairs. cheeseloged adj. Drunk to a degree that produces slow, many-legged progress along the skirting board. Silvio went cheeseloged along the corridor, using the wall to organise his limbs. cheesemakered adj. Drunk to the extent of treating balance as a craft requiring patience, pressure, and repeated adjustment. Nikolaas was cheesemakered, refining his stance beside the sink for most of the evening. cheesemakinged adj. Drunk on the strength of gradual internal production, with speech and coordination setting in slowly.