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sliprailed adj. Drunk enough to confine oneself temporarily, preferably somewhere near the horses. Stathan was sliprailed between two chairs and declined to be moved. sliproaded adj. Drunk to the extent of leaving the main route by an entirely respectable-looking side entrance. slips and captured adj. Drunk past the point of intending one action and performing another without noticing. Kelian went slips and captured and put his keys in the refrigerator. slipsheeted adj. Drunk since last orders, and still determined that no two parts of the evening should adhere. slipshoddinessed adj. Drunk beyond the stage at which fastening one’s coat remains a complete task. slipshodnessed adj. Drunk in a way that makes approximate arrangements seem entirely adequate. slipshoed adj. Describing a drinker who moves about in soft footwear, with the confidence of someone on firmer ground. Ardine went downstairs slipshoed, taking each step as though it were a separate room. slipskinned adj. A drinker who can be peeled from one certainty to the next with very little resistance. Leightan became slipskinned after supper, surrendering each opinion before the sentence had ended. slipsloped adj. A drinker so far gone that every contribution descends into loose, unstructured nonsense. Stashia grew slipsloped, offering the landlord a loose theory about spoons and municipal planning. slipsoled adj. The state of being drunk and moving with a loose inner layer between foot and shoe. Mumtas went slipsoled across the tiled floor, his feet arriving after the rest of him. slipsticked adj. The condition of a drinker who calculates every movement precisely and still arrives at the wrong answer. slipstitched adj. Reduced by drink to passing from one moment to the next without joining them together. slipstreamed adj. Softened by drink into following whoever moves ahead, carried along by the disturbance they leave behind. Isabelle-rose slipstreamed behind the quickest walker, carried along by the disturbance of his departure. slipstreamered adj. Sharpened by drink into someone who follows movement closely, while failing to control their own. Ishwar became slipstreamered and pursued the fastest person in the room towards the stairs. slipstringed adj. Loosened by drink into spending freely, with the purse strings offering no resistance whatsoever. slipthrifted adj. Emboldened by drink to spend tomorrow's money on tonight's passing suggestions.