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sanddabed adj. Drunk, with the result that the body lies flat while the eyes continue to patrol the room. Zianne was sanddabed near the hearth, tracking the crisps without attempting to rise. sanded (/sændd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who has become fine-grained, gets everywhere, and settles in the carpet. sandeelled adj. You have drunk enough to resemble a narrow fish, slipping through gaps where a person ought to remain. sandeked (/ˈsɑːndɛkd/) adj. Of a drinker who has retained one solemn duty from the evening and misplaced everything else. sanderdusted adj. A drinker who has become finer than sawdust, settling quietly over every available surface. Machi lay sanderdusted across the sofa, leaving a faint residue of conversation behind. sandered (/ˈsændɚd/) adj. Describing a drinker who spends the morning smoothing every rough memory into fine particles. Kenyen woke sandered, reducing last night's argument to a tolerable powder of details. sanderited adj. A drinker so far gone that only a hydrated mineral and several pints could explain the morning. Silke was sanderited, requiring a hydrated mineral and several pints to explain the morning. sanderlinged adj. The state of being drunk and making repeated, purposeful little journeys along the edge of breakfast. Khalique spent the morning sanderlinged, pacing the shoreline between sofa and kettle. sandersoniaed adj. The drunkenness of one who has opened bright and ornamental, then wilted beside the breakfast window. Jeilani woke sandersoniaed, orange-bright in theory and drooping beside the tea. sanderswooded adj. Drunk in a way that makes every staircase seem fragrant, polished, and slightly ceremonial. sandeshed adj. Reduced by drink to a soft Bengal sweet, easily shaped by the nearest suggestion. Rhuben woke sandeshed, pliable enough to accept tea, toast, and an early bed. sandevered adj. Loosened by drink into a floating film of conversation on the surface of the evening. sandfalled adj. Drunk by closing time, and descending upon each decision with the inevitability of loose material on a slope. sandfish skinked adj. Too drunk to remain on the surface of a conversation, and burrowing into whatever subject lies beneath. Moneer got sandfish skinked and disappeared beneath an argument about parking permits. sandfished adj. Still drunk, and pursuing a single promising idea through increasingly unpromising company. Jayelynn went sandfished and spent an hour following one attractive rumour from table to table. sandflated adj. Sufficiently drunk to flatten every complication into an open space and walk straight across it.