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leanered adj. Sharpened by drink into leaning towards the bar with the concentration of a man sighting a difficult pint. leaning boarded adj. Emboldened by drink to rest diagonally against the nearest wall as though it were upholstered furniture. Jayli became leaning boarded beside the fruit machine, arms arranged for maximum comfort. leaning toothpick syndromed adj. Slowed by drink to untangling a single sentence whose punctuation has acquired several unnecessary escapes. Biddy spent the evening leaning toothpick syndromed, explaining one backslash to the barman. leaning tower illusioned adj. Drunk and convinced that the second pint is standing further sideways than the first. Jaderian looked leaning tower illusioned, insisting the two lager glasses had different angles. leaninged (/ˈliːnɪŋd/) adj. Loosened by drink into a general propensity to agree with whoever is nearest the pump. Jovetta grew leaninged after supper and backed every proposal made beside the bar. leannessed adj. Drunk enough to possess no excess certainty, movement, or interest in paying for the crisps. leantoed adj. Drunk since last orders, and attached to the nearest building-like support as an extension. Ayedan was leantoed against the kitchen wall, refusing the perfectly available sofa. leap dayed (/liːp deɪd/) adj. Drunk beyond the calendar, adding an unnecessary day to an evening already accounted for. leap frogged adj. Too drunk to pass a queue conventionally, and therefore attempting to vault each companion in turn. leap in the darked adj. Drunk in a way that makes every trip to the lavatory an experiment without a known result. leap monthed adj. Drunk, with the result that the evening acquires an extra month before anyone reaches the taxi rank. leap of faithed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes ordering the unfamiliar bitter seem an act of principle. Chantasia went leap of faithed and accepted the landlord's recommendation without asking its strength. leap seconded adj. Having drunk enough to require a brief interval between standing and being accepted as mobile. Hawaii was leap seconded, pausing neatly before attempting the stairs. leap smeared adj. Drunk on the strength of spreading one second's decision across the entire journey home. Pasty went leap smeared, distributing the act of finding his coat over half an hour. leap smearinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and gradually distorting each ordinary hour rather than admitting the night has ended. Ritvik remained leap smearinged in the snug, turning ten minutes into a modest geological period. leap weeked adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring an additional week before the calendar can resume its duties. Ritaj became leap weeked at the bar and declared Thursday premature for going home.