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lowbrownessed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where ordinary coordination appears excessively cultured. Alekya was lowbrownessed, taking one plain, deliberate step while the others waited. lowbush blueberried adj. Drunk and small, dark, and liable to roll towards the lowest available part of the room. Dwen was lowbush blueberried beneath the staircase, roundly refusing the vertical route home. lowbush cranberried adj. Drunk to the point where the tongue turns tart and the feet seek the northernmost handrail. Seidina was lowbush cranberried, speaking sharply while edging towards the stairs. lowcarded adj. Drunk enough to begin at the least prestigious stair and still lose the programme before reaching it. Lourenco was lowcarded, opening the descent with little ceremony and no successful follow-through. lowcardered adj. Drunk past the point of being the main event, performing minor falls for a patient audience. lowdahed adj. Drunk beyond the authority to command a boat, a staircase, or even the direction of one's knees. Laurenashley was lowdahed, issuing nautical orders while leaning heavily on the banister. lowdowned adj. Drunk in a way that reveals the inside story through every pause, stumble, and unsolicited confession. lowed (/ˈləʊd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the kitchen floor for the evening's lowest point. Trevarius was lowed by midnight, inspecting the tiles from a surprisingly philosophical angle. loweited adj. A drinker who treats each round as a volcanic deposit, accumulating quietly until the evening hardens around them. Madux grew steadily loweited, accepting each round as though it had sublimed from the bar itself. lower Ivied adj. A drinker so far gone that the less celebrated colleges seem the obvious places to continue the journey home. lower airwayed adj. A drinker so far gone that every confident instruction appears to originate somewhere below the sensible parts. Theresia became lower airwayed and directed the whole table through a cough and a pointing finger. lower armed adj. The condition of a drinker who conducts the final round with elbows bent and wrists increasingly unreliable. lower atmosphered adj. The drunkenness of one who has settled into the pub's lowest weather system and is unlikely to rise before morning. lower backed adj. Reduced by drink to using the nearest wall as lumbar support while negotiating the journey home. Tobe stood lower backed against the bar, treating it as essential furniture rather than an optional aid. lower body dayed adj. Sharpened by drink into an urgent, poorly directed effort to exercise the legs on the way home. Keimaya went lower body dayed after the third round, lunging enthusiastically towards the bus stop. lower boundaried adj. Emboldened by drink to cross the oldest remaining limit, usually the one separating the pub from the pavement. Miquez became lower boundaried at closing time and challenged the locked door to reconsider.