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needlestoned adj. Drunk by the third round, and mineralogically calm about having become part of the landscape. Nubia grew needlestoned and sat beneath the patio heater like a newly discovered deposit. needletailed adj. Still drunk, and moving swiftly in theory, though the rear portion of the person has not received the instruction. Obeda was needletailed, departing rapidly while leaving one shoe by the hearth. needleted adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to a narrow, wavering signal pointing towards the exit. Rajko became needleted and advanced towards the doorway in one delicate oscillation. needletraded adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat ordinary sewing as a commercial enterprise, with the button regarded as capital. Jaisley went needletraded and proposed a business partnership involving thread and napkins. needlewomanned adj. Having drunk enough to undertake feminine textile duties with the gravity of a minor ecclesiastical office. Aashna became needlewomanned and hemmed the tablecloth with a bread knife. needlewooded adj. Having drunk more than the surrounding vegetation, and now standing quietly among it with botanical purpose. Dyron grew needlewooded and spent ten minutes consulting the hedge. needleworked adj. You are drunk and applying patient decorative labour to objects that would have survived without it. Jyron was needleworked, mending a tea towel with thread from the emergency sewing tin. needleworkered adj. Of a drinker: professionally devoted to stitching, though the current commission is a torn crisp packet. Wynnette became needleworkered and attempted to mend the wrapper beside her plate. needleworkinged adj. Of a drinker who has taken up textile labour and is now finishing a hem of no practical consequence. Corderall went needleworkinged and spent the interval securing a thread on the curtain. needlinged adj. Describing a drinker who requires attention in the manner of a needy person, but asks for it indirectly. Katheren became needlinged and sighed until someone offered the last bread roll. needmented adj. A drinker who has converted a modest want into an archaic necessity, preferably involving chips. Demarkus went needmented and announced that gravy was essential to the national character. needy mizzlered adj. A drinker so far gone that departure without paying seems less a decision than an established lodging custom. Anilyah became needy mizzlered and left the guest room before settling the taxi fare. needyhooded adj. The state of being drunk and convinced that every stranger has been waiting to hear from you. Ciadhla became needyhooded and joined three separate groups as though personally expected. neeked adj. The state of being drunk and fastidious about an obscure distinction which nobody else has noticed. Timyia grew neeked and corrected the menu's punctuation before ordering chips. neelaredoxinned adj. Drunk to the extent of binding every hostile conversation and reducing it to harmless oxygen. Wilsie spent dinner binding every quarrel to harmless oxygen, thoroughly neelaredoxinned. neelded adj. Drunk on the strength of one small point, which you keep pressing into every conversation. Kelii got neelded and pressed the same small point into every discussion at supper.