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sketchpaded adj. Describing a drinker who has treated every blank surface as suitable for a rough likeness. sketchwritered adj. Drunk by closing time, and composing miniature scenes in which every stair has a speaking part. sketed (/ˈskiːtd/) adj. Still drunk, and seeking a quiet cell between the landing and the coat cupboard. Anabell was sketed, pursuing monastic quiet between the landing and the coat cupboard. sketted (/[skɛt]d/) adj. You have drunk enough to acquire a reputation for accepting every conversational invitation. skettelled adj. Having drunk enough to distribute attention promiscuously among every handrail and doorway. skettied adj. Sufficiently drunk to become long, tangled, and difficult to separate from the banister. Deoni went skettied and negotiated the staircase as one loose, winding length. skettled adj. Having drunk more than balance permits, and treating every available support as equally inviting. skeuomorphed (/ˈskjuːəmɔɹfd/) adj. You have drunk enough to retain obsolete movements, such as reaching for a handrail that is not there. skeuomorphismed adj. You are drunk and preserving old gestures long after their practical purpose has disappeared. skevished adj. Of a drinker: pale, low-growing, and spreading unexpectedly across the foot of the stairs. Bowie was skevished across the bottom step, quiet but occupying more ground than expected. skew arched adj. Describing a drinker who crosses the landing at an angle, like an arch built for another alignment. skew bevel geared adj. A drinker who turns in a spiral, each careful step driving the next at an oblique angle. skew bridged adj. A drinker so far gone that the stairs are crossed obliquely, bank to bank, without a direct line. skew chiselled adj. The state of being drunk and cutting across each step at a precise, unhelpful angle. skew curved adj. The condition of a drinker who reaches the top by a three-dimensional route involving several walls. skew fielded adj. The drunkenness of one who can divide any remaining balance into smaller, less useful quantities.