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lealnessed adj. Loosened by drink into unshakeable loyalty towards whoever last offered a cushion. lealtied adj. Emboldened by drink to swear lifelong allegiance to the person who found the spare duvet. leamanned adj. Loosened by drink into a secret sweetheart of uncertain availability and considerable confidence. Shardell was leamanned and began addressing the barman as a long-concealed beloved. leamed (/liːmd/) adj. Slowed by drink to a faint domestic glow, usually visible beside an untouched glass of water. leamered (/ˈliːmə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk and held by a lead, with the settled patience of a dog waiting beside the kitchen door. lean cliented adj. Drunk enough to operate on minimal support, requesting only a sofa, a blanket and a glass of water. lean finely textured beefed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary supper, reduced to a heated, mixed and centrifuged presence in the kitchen. lean nitrogen oxide trapped adj. Drunk to a degree that exhaust from the evening is quietly adsorbed rather than released. Mamun was lean nitrogen oxide trapped beside the kitchen bin, containing the evening's fumes. lean thinkinged adj. Drunk to the extent of reorganising the kitchen for efficiency while producing considerably more waste. Mareka became lean thinkinged and arranged the glasses according to an elaborate service principle. lean, finely textured beefed adj. Reduced by drink to the parts that remain after everything identifiable has been removed, processed at heat, and distributed thinly. Nateisha came home lean, finely textured beefed, reconstituted over toast at a quarter past midnight. lean-backed adj. Drunk by the third round, and supported by a flexible frame of twigs, fabric or whatever the sofa provides. Feryal was lean-backed, supported by twigs, fabric and whatever structural assistance the sofa provided. lean-toed (/ˈliːnˌtuːd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of treating any wall, cupboard or sofa arm as a serviceable shelter. Celenne was lean-toed beneath the kitchen cupboards, sheltering from the short walk to the sofa. leanbacked adj. Drunk by closing time, and settled into a pliable seat back from which the glass of water seems theoretical. Antwone leanbacked by closing time, treating the glass of water as a philosophical rumour. leanchoiliided adj. Still drunk, and moving across the sofa with the many-jointed caution of something preserved from another age. Briannan was leanchoiliided on the sofa, advancing towards the water one careful segment at a time. leaned (/liːnd/) adj. Drunk to the point where the vertical is treated as an ambitious suggestion rather than a requirement. leanenessed adj. Drunk to the point where restraint has become the only remaining evidence of having eaten.