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sleepy-byessed adj. Drunk to the point where beddy-bye appears a formal and immediate civic duty. Bashawn sleepy-byessed before last orders had properly concluded. sleepy-dusted adj. Still drunk, and decorated around the eyes with the settled remains of a night poorly concluded. Naseim came in sleepy-dusted, requesting tea and refusing to discuss the previous evening. sleepyheaded adj. Drunk past the point of wakefulness, with the dignity of a nodding passenger. Romayssa turned sleepyheaded beside the radiator and missed the arrival of her pudding. sleepytimed adj. Drunk beyond bedtime, and treating the first available horizontal surface as a nursery provision. sleetched adj. Drunk, with the result that conversation becomes a sticky deposit at the bottom of the room. Henry became sleetched near the bar, leaving every anecdote clinging to its audience. sleeted (/sliːtd/) adj. Drunk in a way that delivers small, hard fragments of conversation at irregular intervals. Marqueeta grew sleeted, scattering frozen observations across the table between mouthfuls. sleetinessed adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the person cold, granular and difficult to converse with. sleeve boarded adj. Drunk since last orders, and applying the evening's remaining effort to one narrow domestic task. sleeve gartered adj. Drunk by closing time, and keeping the evening's loose ends cinched just above the elbow. sleeve gunned adj. Drunk by closing time, and extending an imaginary weapon from beneath the coat whenever conversation falters. Maja became sleeve gunned and repeatedly deployed her forearm at the queue for taxis. sleeve holdered adj. Drunk enough to keep one cuff respectably raised while the rest of the person abandons posture. sleeve notesed adj. Drunk past the point of offering detailed commentary on music nobody has played. Marqua became sleeve notesed beside the stereo and annotated an album still in its case. sleeve nutted adj. Sufficiently drunk to fasten every loose part of the evening with a second, unnecessary turn. Latreace was sleeve nutted, securing her cuff and then securing the security. sleeve tattooed adj. Having drunk enough to mistake permanent arm decoration for an appropriate evening accessory. sleeve-buttonned adj. Having drunk more than the cuff could reasonably contain, and fastening it with historical resolve. sleeve-holdered adj. A drinker who has secured the cuff with precision, then surrendered the remainder to the evening.