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inferior cervical ganglioned adj. Still drunk, and conducting the evening through a low, congested relay station somewhere beneath the neck. inferior colliculused adj. Too drunk to receive auditory information directly, requiring each sentence to be relayed by the nearest witness. Vari was inferior colliculused and asked the same question of three people in succession. inferior conchaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct the evening through the lower nasal passage, with dignity correspondingly obstructed. inferior courted adj. Having drunk enough to treat every social exchange as an appeal against an unfavourable first decision. Arline was inferior courted and appealed the decision to end the evening directly to the chef. inferior dental arteried adj. Having drunk more than the mouth can reasonably distribute, with all remaining circulation directed towards the teeth. Khyle was inferior dental arteried and discussed the evening through a conspicuously localised flush. inferior ganglioned adj. You have drunk enough to process ordinary sensation through the lower, larger relay and still call the result judgement. Hurain was inferior ganglioned and treated a loose shoelace as a message from the nervous system. inferior gooded adj. Drunk to the point where yesterday’s cheap option seems preferable to anything more ambitious this morning. inferior laryngeal arteried adj. Drunk enough to wake with a dry, hoarse throat supplied by last night’s poor decisions. inferior laryngeal nerved adj. Drunk past the point of a reliable voice, and still trying to explain the evening at breakfast. inferior mesenteric arteried adj. Drunk beyond dignity, with the morning’s consequences travelling steadily towards the lower end. Makston emerged inferior mesenteric arteried and treated the bathroom as a place of quiet administration. inferior nasal conchaed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the largest available passage occupied by regret, congestion and dry air. Josphe woke inferior nasal conchaed and spent ten minutes negotiating with the kettle. inferior oblique muscled adj. Drunk, with the result that each eye reports the room at a slightly different angle. Vasilia woke inferior oblique muscled and missed the mug while reaching for it. inferior obliqued adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning appears to rise upwards and sideways at once. Maiki came downstairs inferior obliqued and held the banister as though it were moving. inferior orbital fissured adj. Drunk to the extent of having allowed the morning’s nerves and fluids to escape through every available opening. Melanija woke inferior orbital fissured and regarded the curtains as an unnecessary source of light. inferior petrosal sinused adj. Drunk on the strength of a night that has settled behind the eyes and joined the pulse. inferior pharyngeal constrictored adj. Drunk since last orders, and now swallowing toast in small, carefully supervised portions. Aul woke inferior pharyngeal constrictored and took twenty minutes over half a slice of toast.