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obligingnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to cater for everyone's wishes, including several they have not expressed. Dorann was obligingnessed and ordered refreshments according to the table's imagined preferences. obligored (/ˈɒblɪɡɔːd/) adj. Having drunk enough to undertake a legal duty without identifying the other party. Wyzetta was obligored and signed the receipt with steady but unhelpful confidence. oblimersened (/ɒblɪˈmɜː(ɹ)sənd/) adj. Having drunk more than a laboratory protocol would ordinarily permit. Jacaleb was oblimersened and described the cocktail as a promising therapeutic avenue. obliquangled adj. Drunk enough to stand at an angle that is neither upright nor usefully deliberate. Daeja remained obliquangled beside the fireplace, leaning at a mathematically unhelpful angle. obliquationed (/ɒblɪˈkweɪʃənd/) adj. You have drunk enough to turn gradually towards one side and remain there. Milt became obliquationed and addressed the corner instead of his companion. oblique angled adj. Still drunk, and unable to maintain any line of departure that could reasonably be called direct. Chadijah was oblique angled, reaching the taxi rank by three separate diagonals. oblique arched adj. Drunk beyond keeping the shoulders square, with the body entering every doorway diagonally. Briena went oblique arched through the kitchen door and apologised to the frame. oblique arytenoided adj. Drunk in a way that makes the voice arrive from two conspiring directions at once. Tyreshia became oblique arytenoided and offered the toast in two overlapping registers. oblique ascensioned adj. Drunk, with the result that every ascent follows its own celestial route. Jaywana went oblique ascensioned up the staircase, rising steadily but never towards the landing. oblique bridged adj. Drunk to a degree that turns each gap between furniture into a skew crossing. Dekyra became oblique bridged between the sofa and table, unable to choose either side. oblique cased adj. Drunk to the extent of treating every preposition as an instruction to change direction. Jahlani was oblique cased, particularly after ‘towards’, and reached the stairs sideways. oblique circled adj. Too drunk to leave in a straight course, repeatedly returning to the same coat and unfinished conversation. Arquan became oblique circled and found the cloakroom after completing two unnecessary circuits. oblique corded adj. Drunk since last orders, and relying on the forearm for structural support. Tunja was oblique corded on the stairs, gripping the rail near the elbow. oblique correctioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and requiring increasingly elaborate adjustments to remain vertical. Lesliee became oblique correctioned before pudding, making small repairs to every step. oblique dashed adj. Drunk by closing time, and speaking in abrupt diagonal strokes rather than sentences. Maylis was oblique dashed, delivering each answer as a sharp interruption. oblique dendrited adj. Still drunk, and branching from one thought into several less accessible ones. Beulah became oblique dendrited while explaining the route home, producing three incompatible directions.