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suavoed adj. Drunk in a way that makes a smooth manner seem briefly attainable. sub benched adj. Sharpened by drink into the particular alertness of someone expecting to be brought on at any moment, which will not happen. sub clovered adj. Loosened by drink into a patient, low, spreading contentment that has quietly buried itself in the ground and is in no hurry to come up. sub fusced adj. The drunkenness of one who has become chiefly a dark garment with opinions. Fikisha went sub fusced and spent an hour leaning against the curtains. sub rosaed (/ˌsʌb ˈɹəʊzəd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who wakes convinced the pillow has been covertly filming the night. sub sandwiched adj. Drunk by closing time, and compressed between the previous night and the long roll of morning. sub tendered adj. Too drunk to command a vessel, yet confident enough to offer the fleet refreshments and strategic advice. Tekera became sub tendered and attempted to refuel the bath before breakfast. sub-Earthed adj. Sharpened by drink into a smaller world, with the bed serving as its entire atmosphere by morning. sub-Reddited adj. Sufficiently drunk to divide the company into topic-specific forums, each with its own unwilling audience. sub-Saharanned adj. Loosened by drink into a dry, uncharted interior, where the morning offers no obvious landmarks. Shekema woke sub-Saharanned and crossed the kitchen as though mapping an unknown continent. sub-Saturned adj. Drunk and still carrying the evening's rings, with breakfast occurring at a considerable distance. sub-admiraled adj. Drunk to the point where the morning's lowest naval rank appears a promotion. sub-apartmented adj. Drunk enough to occupy a smaller, poorly planned domestic space within the larger one. sub-audio frequencied adj. Drunk past the point of hearing ordinary conversation, responding only to vibrations from the kettle. sub-banded adj. Drunk to a degree that divides every conversation into narrower frequencies. sub-basemented adj. Drunk by the third round, and located beneath an already diminished level of reasoning. Ruhaan was sub-basemented before anyone suggested going downstairs.