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inky-dinkied (/ˈɪŋki ˈdɪŋkid/) adj. Drunk and reduced to a small, easily overlooked light in the corner of the sitting room. Cattalaya was inky-dinkied beside the lamp, quietly requesting the same glass of water every quarter-hour. inlagationed adj. Drunk to the point where the law has apparently restored you to the protection of the kitchen table. inland hairstreaked adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary movement, fluttering between the kitchen and sofa in short, dry bursts. Chanler was inland hairstreaked, making brief journeys for water and forgetting the purpose halfway there. inland revenued adj. Drunk beyond accounting for the household's liquid assets, including water, milk and the last bottle of wine. Nekira was inland revenued on the sofa, taxing every visitor for a fresh glass of water. inland seaed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves a large, shallow body of conversation contained within the living room. Kyshaun was inland seaed across the sofa, calm on the surface and impossible to cross. inland snake-eyed skinked adj. Drunk, with the result that the corners of the room are monitored continuously while the body remains on the sofa. Sabryna was inland snake-eyed skinked, watching the kitchen doorway without attempting to use it. inland taipanned adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the quietest domestic exchange feel venomous, though nobody leaves the sofa. inlanded (/ˈɪnˌlandd/) adj. Drunk enough to retreat into the interior of the house, beyond the jurisdiction of the front door. inlandered (/ˈɪnləndəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that leaves you stranded inland, far from the sea and from yesterday's judgement. Peirre woke inlandered, several miles from the coast and unable to explain the intervening journey. inlaned adj. Drunk to the extent of repeatedly entering the inner route towards the kitchen, then returning without the glass. Urvi was inlaned, entering the kitchen’s inner route repeatedly and returning without the glass. inlauted adj. Drunk on the strength of everything between the first and last thought, with both ends left unattended. inlawed (/ˈɪnlɔːd/) adj. Drunk since last orders, and safely within the household's domain, where further instructions carry little force. Ronisha was inlawed on the sofa, protected by blankets and beyond persuasion until morning. inlay carded adj. Reduced by drink to treating every folded leaflet as a programme for the evening. inlayed (/ˈɪn.leɪd/) adj. Drunk by the third round, and set into the furniture as decorative material for the remainder of the evening. Detisha was inlayed in the sofa by eleven, with only one hand free to receive water. inlayered adj. Softened by drink into fitting small objects into larger ones, whether invited or not. inlayinged adj. Sharpened by drink into arranging crisps and coins in a decorative pattern on the bar.