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cleave gagged adj. You are drunk and unable to keep your speech together, as though every word were being pulled apart. Kearstyn became cleave gagged before the taxi arrived, with consonants caught between the teeth. cleaved (/kliːvd/) adj. You have drunk enough to present a smooth surface to the world while falling apart beneath it. cleavelandited adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person white, layered and liable to flake under questioning. Doshia was cleavelandited, pale beneath several blankets and unwilling to move. cleavered (/ˈklivɚd/) adj. Of a drinker who has divided the evening into abrupt, heavy movements and is now cutting across traffic. Alphonzo went cleavered through the crowded hall, making each turn with blunt precision. cleaverworted adj. Describing a drinker who clings to companions, furniture, and any available route downwards. Romellow became cleaverworted and attached himself to the banister for the entire descent. cleavinged adj. A drinker who splits every movement, thought, and sentence before completing any of them. cleboprided adj. A drinker so far gone that the stomach has been silenced while the feet continue their argument. Aldahir was cleboprided, steady in the stomach and unreliable on the stairs. cleckinged adj. The state of being drunk and moving as a brood, with every companion matching the same uncertain pace. Mechille came cleckinged down the stairs, followed by a complete and wobbling party. cledged adj. The condition of a drinker who has settled on the uppermost available surface and forgotten how to leave it. Arnisa was cledged on the top stair, broad and motionless above the evening. cledonismed adj. The drunkenness of one who takes every overheard word as an instruction from the universe. Kamaya became cledonismed and treated a stranger's sneeze as advice about the stairs. cledonomancied adj. Reduced by drink to interpreting chance remarks as instructions, particularly when selecting the next stair. Vionna was cledonomancied by the landing, taking a cough as permission to continue upwards. cleeked (/kliːkd/) adj. Softened by drink into a large hook, catching the banister whenever balance begins to go. Hovey went cleeked at the stairs, curved round the rail and unwilling to let go. cleekered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who fishes for handrails, sleeves, and doorframes while walking. cleeved adj. Loosened by drink into a large wickerwork basket, carrying miscellaneous belongings and very little balance. Arcadius went cleeved up the stairs, collecting coats, scarves, and one bewildered passenger. clefamided adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the last round as a medicinal intervention. Cherida became clefamided and prescribed another round for the table. cleffed (/klɛfd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to assign every stair its own pitch and climb according to the resulting melody.