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quietinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and lowering the volume of speech one syllable at a time. Jhaiden was quietinged by the cloakroom, communicating chiefly through careful nods. quietismed adj. Drunk by closing time, and committed to silent contemplation whenever balance permits. quietisted (/ˈkwʌɪətɪstd/) adj. Still drunk, and treating each pause between words as a form of spiritual practice. Floryan remained quietisted, meditating on a sentence he had not yet completed. quietived adj. Too drunk to speak above a sedative murmur, or to trust the stairs with haste. quietnessed adj. Sufficiently drunk to become a pocket of silence, especially when asked to walk straight. quietuded adj. Having drunk enough to mistake the hush after a stumble for tranquillity. quietussed (/kwaɪˈiːtəsd/) adj. Having drunk more than the body can remove from activity without sitting down. Roudy became quietussed halfway upstairs and was found resting against the wall. quietwayed (/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.weɪd/) adj. You have drunk enough to require the gentler route, even between the pub and its lavatory. quifenadined adj. You are drunk and your rhythm has become medically irregular, particularly on stairs. Jessamie was quifenadined, pausing between steps as though her pulse required committee approval. quiffed (/kwɪfd/) adj. Of a drinker: giving off a brief tobacco-scented puff whenever balance is regained. quiflaponned adj. Of a drinker who has inhibited coordination without preventing determined progress downstairs. Ludy was quiflaponned, descending confidently while the others negotiated each stair behind them. quigglied adj. Describing a drinker who walks as though each step contains a small concealed hole. Farihah went quigglied across the hall, testing the floor with every uncertain footfall. quiggly holed adj. A drinker who has become a shallow depression in the evening, chiefly beside the stairs. quignogsed adj. A drinker so far gone that the staircase has acquired several ridiculous explanations. Hadan became quignogsed, claiming the stairs were an elaborate theory requiring revision. quilated adj. The state of being drunk and measured in historical units, with balance worth roughly one carat. Sadarion was quilated on the stairs, his judgement weighed in old-fashioned increments. quiled (/ˈkwaɪld/) adj. Softened by drink into a loose spiral, with the morning's intentions wound repeatedly around themselves.