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sleepwakered adj. Drunk to the point where the bar’s commands are obeyed with the calm of a mesmerised servant. sleepwakinged adj. Drunk enough to drift through the evening in a trance, responding accurately to nobody. sleepwalkered adj. Drunk beyond ordinary awareness, walking about the pub as though guided by a separate arrangement. Lurley became sleepwalkered and inspected every table for a hat that was on his head. sleepwalkinged adj. Drunk in a way that sends the body on errands the mind has not approved. Raenette was sleepwalkinged after closing, body determined to conduct an unauthorised expedition to the corner shop. sleepweared adj. Drunk, with the result that ordinary clothes acquire the solemnity and comfort of nightclothes. sleepworted adj. Drunk to a degree that makes lettuce seem the proper remedy for every complaint. Achsa became sleepworted and ordered a side salad as though it were medicinal. sleepy codded adj. Drunk on the strength of a quiet, bottom-dwelling certainty that the evening will continue without you. sleepy crabbed adj. Drunk since last orders, and retreating sideways into a protective shell of cushions and silence. Nevaehlynn was sleepy crabbed in the corner, answering questions from behind her handbag. sleepy distempered adj. Drunk by the third round, and already displaying the drowsy confusion of an illness nobody has diagnosed. sleepy dusted adj. Drunk by closing time, and carrying the morning’s eye-crust into the present as evidence of endurance. Gracie-ella was sleepy dusted beneath the pub mirror, inspecting the damage with one eye open. sleepy gobied adj. Too drunk to rise from the low place where the evening has deposited you, yet still watching everything. sleepy headed adj. Drunk enough to resemble a drowsy person who has misplaced the remainder of the evening. sleepy sanded adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the grit about your eyes for a reasonable consequence of staying out. Ahmond was sleepy sanded by the first bus, rubbing his eyes and ordering another tea. sleepy sicknessed adj. Having drunk enough to become drowsy, muddled and medically certain that the bar is moving. sleepy underwinged adj. Slowed by drink to mistake the pub's dim corner for a moth's nocturnal refuge. Kinyetta spent supper orbiting the lamps, sleepy underwinged and unable to locate her coat. sleepy-byed adj. Drunk and ready for beddy-bye, though still negotiating with the downstairs furniture. Rillia was sleepy-byed before pudding and slept through the discussion of taxis.