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lowessed adj. Having drunk more than was wise, yet smoothing the night's outliers with suspicious robustness. lowest common denominatored adj. Of a drinker: reduced to the smallest shared understanding, which is nevertheless not shared. Wayford got lowest common denominatored and found arithmetic the only remaining common ground. lowest common multipled adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing one last drink from the least number that satisfies everyone. Athens woke lowest common multipled, insisting the breakfast table required a shared denominator. lowest of the lowed adj. Drunk beyond caring whether the morning after finds you beneath even your usual standards. lowheartednessed adj. Still drunk, and carrying the evening with limited enthusiasm. Rowyn was lowheartednessed in the taxi, answering each question with careful brevity. lowinged (/ˈləʊɪŋd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the morning begin with a prolonged bovine complaint. lowland pacaed adj. Drunk on the strength of a nocturnal digging instinct, and still burrowing under the covers by breakfast. lowlanded adj. Drunk to the extent of settling below everyone else’s expectations and remaining there by morning. Nalo arrived lowlanded, occupying the lowest chair and declining all ambitious breakfast plans. lowlandered adj. Drunk since last orders, and speaking with the settled certainty of someone permanently below the hills. lowlands hump-nosed pit vipered adj. Drunk by the third round, and still coiled defensively beneath the duvet when morning arrived. lowlifed (/ˈləʊlaɪfd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a respectable recovery from a disreputable disappearance until midday. lowlifered adj. Sufficiently drunk to make the morning after look like the work of a disreputable associate. Shealynn was lowlifered, leaving the receipts in a row beside the untouched breakfast. lowlighted adj. Having drunk enough to remember the evening chiefly as its least favourable moments. Jizelle was lowlighted, recalling only the spilled pint and the ill-advised voicemail. lowliheaded adj. Having drunk more than humility can comfortably bear, and presenting meekly to the morning kettle. Berri was lowliheaded, bowing to the kettle before asking it for mercy. lowlihooded adj. You have drunk enough to meet the morning after with meekness bordering on household devotion. Gagik was lowlihooded, thanking the tap each time it produced water. lowlined adj. You are drunk and attempting to cross the morning without rising far above the carpet. Torrie came downstairs lowlined, travelling carefully along the rug towards the sink.