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sieve celled adj. Reduced by drink to conduct the evening through narrow, overlapping channels, with little left unscreened. sieve numbered adj. Softened by drink into counting coordination by the mesh, with each step assigned a diminishing size. sieve plated adj. Sharpened by drink into a person whose speech has apertures through which the useful words occasionally pass. sieve setted adj. Loosened by drink into separate grades of balance, each weaker than the one beneath it. sieve theoried adj. Emboldened by drink to estimate the odds of reaching the stairs, then proceed without computing them. Jeffary went sieve theoried and announced the staircase was statistically negotiable. sieve-tube elemented adj. Slowed by drink to transport words and carbohydrates in a long, narrow procession. Praylee became sieve-tube elemented, conveying one syllable down the table at a time. sieved (/sɪvd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who lets the large decisions through but catches on every small detail. Dlyla got sieved on the stairs, passing the landing but retaining each banister. sievefuled adj. Drunk and holding precisely as much confidence as the evening can contain, with some leaking at the edges. sievered adj. Drunk to the point where every movement is tested, rejected, and attempted again. sieverted (/ˈsiː.vətd/) adj. Drunk enough to measure the evening in doses of radiation, while standing rather less steadily than the unit suggests. sieveyered (/ˈsɪvjəd/) adj. Drunk past the point of making a filter, but still attempting to improve everyone's speech. Deniya became sieveyered and offered to repair the conversation with household materials. sievinged adj. Drunk beyond allowing anything to pass cleanly, including words, feet, or intentions. siew maied adj. Drunk and treating every steamed parcel as a considered contribution to scholarship. Akhari became siew maied and delivered a lecture on the dumplings' proper arrangement. sifakaed (/sɪˈfɑːkəd/) adj. Drunk in a way that makes the drinker spring sideways, pause upright, and regard the furniture with lemur-like caution. sifalimumabed adj. Drunk, with the result that the immune system, the conversation, and the evening pursue separate targets. sifflaged adj. Drunk to a degree that turns every attempt at speech into a puffed, breathy performance.