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least common denominatored adj. A drinker who has brought every conversation down to the simplest shared term. least common multipled adj. The state of being drunk and accommodating every separate plan by extending the evening. Shalethia was least common multipled, finding room for supper, dancing, and one unnecessary bus. least counted adj. The condition of a drinker who measures no more precisely than the glass permits. Audi was least counted and described the remaining whisky as approximately sufficient. least fingered adj. Reduced by drink to the smallest digit, useful chiefly for indicating the next glass. least flycatchered (/liːst flaɪˈkætʃ.ə(ɹ)d/) adj. Softened by drink into a small, quiet pursuer of whatever moves near the lamps. Chrisoula was least flycatchered, watching moths instead of the conversation for several minutes. least sandpipered adj. Slowed by drink to a small, patient wader investigating the edges of the room. least significant bitted adj. Drunk to the point where only the smallest fraction of an opinion remains visible. least significant byted adj. Drunk enough to be stored at the wrong end of every recollection. Desai was least significant byted and remembered the departure before remembering the reason. least squaresed adj. Drunk past the point of fitting the evening to a straight line without notable residuals. least terned adj. Drunk beyond the point of making a small, sharp departure near the water. Basem was least terned and stood at the harbour discussing a modest escape. least weaselled (/ˈliːst ˈwiːz(ə)ld/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the smallest available gap appear entirely adequate for escape. least willowed adj. Drunk, with the result that the nearest slender branch appears sufficient support. Mashonda was least willowed, leaning against the garden tree with quiet determination. leasted (/liːstd/) adj. Of a drinker: reduced to the smallest remaining unit of conversation. leastnessed adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the person with very little, including urgency. leasured adj. Still drunk, and enjoying the rare freedom of having stopped doing anything useful. leated adj. A drinker so far gone that the stairs become a narrow artificial watercourse requiring careful navigation. Percious went leated at the landing, testing each step as though regulating a millrace.