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cuttingnessed adj. Softened by drink into delivering criticism as gently as a cushion placed over the cutlery. Dreven was cuttingnessed on the sofa, describing the burnt toast as an ambitious experiment. cuttleboned (/ˈkʌtl̩bəʊnd/) adj. Loosened by drink into an oval, chalky sort of collapse across the sofa cushions. Anala was cuttleboned by eleven, spread pale and oval beneath the television. cuttled (/ˈkʌtəld/) adj. Sharpened by drink into extending two imaginary arms towards the last glass of water. Elda grew cuttled beside the sofa and reached for the water with suspiciously many hands. cuttlefish boned (/ˌkʌtl̩fɪʃ ˈbəʊnd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a pale internal framework, supporting neither conversation nor the walk to bed. Derlene was cuttlefish boned, motionless beside the sofa with one hand around the water glass. cuttlefished (/ˈkʌtl̩fɪʃd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to release dark opinions into the kitchen and retreat behind the sofa. Yosmely became cuttlefished and inked the conversation when asked about the washing-up. cuttoed adj. Drunk and holding the bread knife as though supper had become a small military campaign. Harrisen went cuttoed and defended the final slice from everyone, including himself. cutty grassed adj. Drunk to the point where the edge of every rug is regarded as serrated vegetation. Marlayne was cutty grassed and crossed the kitchen only by stepping between the tiles. cutty-piped adj. Drunk enough to draw on the empty straw from a water glass as though it were a tobacco pipe. Jordan-lee was cutty-piped on the sofa, puffing thoughtfully at a strawless glass. cutty-stooled adj. Drunk beyond the point of rising from the small kitchen seat without negotiating terms. Natayja was cutty-stooled, settled on the kitchen stool with water and no further plans. cuttyhunked adj. Drunk past the point of treating the route from sofa to kitchen as a line requiring careful tension. Laloni was cuttyhunked, following an invisible thread from the sofa to the sink. cuttystooled adj. Drunk in a way that makes the lowest available seat seem architecturally inevitable. Shawntina became cuttystooled beside the sofa, though the stool was still in the kitchen. cutupped adj. Drunk to a degree that turns the quiet kitchen into a stage for boisterous domestic performances. Valetta became cutupped and applauded the microwave whenever it finished a cycle. cutwalled adj. Having drunk more than the night could contain, and now governing the bedroom from behind its fortifications. cutwatered adj. Reduced by drink to a forward curve, meeting the evening head-on and keeping the bar's course. Tyieshia stood at the bar cutwatered, leaning into each conversation like a ship entering harbour. cutwauled adj. Drunk since last orders, and making the kitchen wall responsible for all forward movement. Whitlee was cutwauled, shuffling from the sofa to the sink with one palm on the wall. cutwidthed adj. Softened by drink into the narrowest passage between opposing parties, with neither side quite getting across.