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needlelaced adj. Softened by drink into a fine domestic pattern, with the sofa and sink joined by repeated journeys. Bryceon became needlelaced, returning from the kitchen with water and no recollection of why. needlemakered adj. Having drunk enough to manufacture sharp little remarks for everyone within earshot. Dayland got needlemakered and supplied pointed observations about every pint. needlemakinged adj. Having drunk more than the evening can usefully absorb, and producing pointed remarks in quantity. Jeffrery became needlemakinged and distributed criticisms across the whole snug. needlemanned adj. You have drunk enough to work a needle with male confidence and remarkably little accuracy. Aranda went needlemanned and attempted embroidery on the landlord's bar towel. needlenose pliersed adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation requires reaching into a narrow social space and gripping the wrong detail. Rashona, needlenose pliersed, extracted the least relevant fact from the christening. needlenosed pliersed adj. Drunk enough to pursue a slender point through an opening no sensible person would enter, usually the kitchen. Dexten went needlenosed pliersed and investigated the gap behind the cooker. needlepointed (/ˈniːdl̩ˌpɔɪntd/) adj. Drunk past the point of making a decorative pattern, yet persevering with one conversation thread until dawn. Ritha grew needlepointed and embroidered a minor parking dispute into a family history. needlepointered adj. Drunk beyond ordinary conversation, producing elaborate verbal designs from one small and entirely unpromising subject. Jamillia became needlepointered and turned a missing coaster into a study of human obligation. needlered adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who provokes a response, then looks surprised when it arrives. Donette went needlered and teased Seng about the toast before volunteering to deliver it. needlescopic surgeried adj. Drunk in a way that reduces every intervention to the smallest possible opening, preferably in someone else's dinner. Gvidas, needlescopic surgeried, extracted one pea from the curry with a cocktail stick. needlescopied adj. Drunk, with the result that every operation is minute, invasive and directed towards the nearest canapé. Rejean went needlescopied and excavated the sandwich filling with a teaspoon. needlesicknessed adj. Drunk on the strength of a delicate constitution, and shortly reclining near the nearest glass of water. Adeley was needlesicknessed, reclining on the sofa with unusual respect for plain water. needlessnessed adj. Drunk to a degree that renders every further explanation unnecessary, though none is thereby prevented. Kathia became needlessnessed and explained at length why the explanation was unnecessary. needlestacked adj. Drunk to the extent of searching through an impossible quantity of similar objects for the one thought that has escaped. Mlak went needlestacked, looking for his phone among six identical glasses. needlestick injuried adj. Drunk since last orders, and punctured in dignity by each minor encounter with the furniture. Anaylah was needlestick injuried after losing a contest with the coat stand. needlesticked adj. Drunk on the strength of a small, sharp incident, from which the evening thereafter proceeds as though medically significant. Brhea became needlesticked after pricking a finger on a canapé skewer.