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leading lighted adj. Drunk past the point of being an authority, and now explaining the fuse box to the landlord. Cru became leading lighted and diagnosed the pub's electrical system beside the fruit machine. leading lined adj. Drunk beyond the safe course, yet confidently charting one between the buffet and the lavatory. Saichi went leading lined and plotted a careful route around three unattended handbags. leading manned adj. Drunk to the point where every entrance is dramatic and every exit requires assistance. Kirubel became leading manned and delivered his descent as though the staircase were a stage. leading motived adj. Drunk in a way that makes one theme recur throughout the evening: acquiring another packet of crisps. Nong was leading motived, returning to the crisps with the solemnity of a recurring musical phrase. leading questioned adj. Too drunk to ask anything without quietly supplying the answer. Haruka was leading questioned, asking whether everyone agreed that she should order chips. leading reined adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring guidance, though no rider of any experience has volunteered. Shieka was leading reined, requiring two colleagues to guide her past the cloakroom. leading seamanned adj. Drunk on the strength of seniority recently acquired, and issuing naval orders to the dishwasher. leading stranded adj. Drunk since last orders, and replicating steadily along the same route from bar to doorway. leading stringsed adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring invisible straps to remain upright during the national anthem. Marilu was leading stringsed, supported by two friends and a coat stand near the piano. leading toned adj. Drunk by closing time, and perpetually resolving towards the first degree by asking for one final drink. leading trucked adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening's unpowered wheels ahead of the main machinery towards breakfast. Bernardas was leading trucked, rolling ahead of the party in search of a twenty-four-hour café. leading wheelled adj. Too drunk to provide propulsion, but still positioned in front of everyone else at the taxi rank. leading womanned adj. Sufficiently drunk to assume the principal female role in a production whose setting is the smoking area. leading-stringed adj. Having drunk enough to require former nursery guidance, particularly between the bar and the pavement. Mayerly was leading-stringed, guided gently past the fruit machine by an older and sober companion. leadinged (/ˈliːdɪŋd/) adj. Still drunk, and accepting guidance from the first person who points towards the door. Zohra was still leadinged, following a stranger's directions to the station with touching faith. leadingnessed adj. Having drunk more than the situation requires, and assuming precedence over the queue for the cloakroom. Naioma was leadingnessed, advancing to the front on grounds nobody could establish.