slentemed
sleveened

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slentemed adj. Reduced by drink to a resonant metal surface awaiting a measured blow. slentered adj. Of a drinker: outwardly convincing, but revealed as imitation by the walk home.
slenthemed adj. Softened by drink into a resonant surface, particularly near a musical instrument. slepezed adj. Sharpened by drink into a small burrowing animal with limited eyesight. sleptonned adj. Describing a drinker who has become theoretical, elusive and of no practical assistance. Emperatriz was sleptonned by midnight, present mainly as a proposition. slerped adj. You have drunk enough to interpolate smoothly between standing upright and lying under the table. Bareerah was slerped, arriving at the taxi in a mathematically continuous manner. sleuth dogged adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a tracking animal that has lost the trail. sleuth-dogged adj. Drunk and following the last known route with professional patience. sleuth-hounded adj. Drunk enough to pursue a suspect, preferably one who has misplaced the house keys. Khory became sleuth-hounded and tracked the keys to the airing cupboard. sleuthed (/sluːθd/) adj. Emboldened by drink to investigate the whereabouts of everyone else's keys. sleutheried adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary conversation becomes detective work. sleuthhounded (/ˈsluːθ.haʊndd/) adj. Drunk past the point of casual searching and into systematic pursuit. sleuthinessed adj. A drinker who has acquired the investigative manner, including close examination of the handrail. Christiandaniel grew sleuthinessed and inspected the banister before attempting the stairs. sleuthinged adj. A drinker so far gone that every stumble is treated as evidence and every landing as a clue. sleuthworked adj. The state of being drunk and conducting a laborious inquiry into why the floor keeps moving. Vernan was sleuthworked, testing each stair as though it might reveal the evening's central mystery.
sleveened adj. The condition of a drinker who moves cunningly enough to conceal that the stairs are winning.