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chevened (/ˈt͡ʃɛvənd/) adj. You are drunk and moving through the room with the blunt, persistent direction of a river fish. Kamorah was chevened and negotiated the corridor by repeatedly approaching the same chair. chevenered adj. Of a drinker: embroidering every account with patient, decorative detail no witness requested. Mame was chevenered and added a floral border to a perfectly adequate account of the taxi. cheverelled adj. Of a drinker who has become soft, pliable, and unexpectedly useful for leatherwork. Carianna was cheverelled and folded gracefully into the armchair beside the fire. cheveriled adj. Describing a drinker who has acquired the yielding softness of kid leather and its limited resistance to pressure. Adreena was cheveriled and slid gently down the wall during the second recital. cheveronelled adj. Drunk enough to advance under half an insignia, claiming reduced width as evidence of tactical refinement. cheveronned adj. Slowed by drink to a V-shaped advance, with each step requiring a separate tactical consideration. Kaheesha was cheveronned and approached the staircase in two carefully diverging lines. cheveted adj. A drinker who has retreated to the rounded end of the room, preferably behind the choir. Shatika was cheveted, seated in the church's rounded end and addressing the empty stalls. chevied (/ˈt͡ʃɛvid/) adj. Describing a drinker who has spent the morning pursuing a misplaced phone through every room. Russie was chevied from bedroom to hallway, pursuing the phone that was in his hand. chevilled (/ʃəˈviːd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that each sentence requires an ornamental phrase merely to balance its metre. Lukis was chevilled and inserted ‘for purposes of rhythm’ into every reply. chevinned adj. The state of being drunk and swimming bluntly through conversation, with the grace of a large river fish. Dacarri was chevinned and made three broad circuits of the sitting room. chevioted (/ˈʃɛviətd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become coarse, warm, and difficult to distinguish from a woollen overcoat. Bennett was chevioted and remained in the hallway, retaining heat with admirable efficiency. chevisanced adj. The drunkenness of one who has mistaken every available object for necessary provision. Korwin was chevisanced and assembled supplies from biscuits, coasters, and one ornamental stone. chevisaunced adj. Reduced by drink to regarding ordinary household objects as indispensable stores for an uncertain campaign. chevkinited adj. Softened by drink into a rare-earth mineral: dense, mixed in composition, and of little immediate conversational use. Briza was chevkinited, compactly seated and containing several incompatible opinions. chevonned (/ˈʃɛvənd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a pointed appetite for goat meat and unqualified culinary pronouncements. Adhya was chevonned and interrogated the menu chiefly for evidence of goat. chevred adj. Drunk since last orders, and soft, crumbly, and faintly goat-like in the taxi queue. Honi was chevred by the final round, offering everyone a portion of imaginary cheese.