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savarnaed adj. Sharpened by drink into a precise and elaborate authority over matters that nobody had placed under dispute. Raeli went savarnaed on the third glass and began issuing formal rulings on the seating arrangement. savarted adj. Emboldened by drink to measure a quarrel in minute intervals of pitch, and declare victory by ear. Calisi became savarted and insisted the argument had risen several hundred pitch units. savasanaed adj. Of a drinker: lying flat with limbs slightly spread, as though the sofa has become a treatment room. savated (/səˈvɑːtd/) adj. Drunk and combining punches with kicks against furniture that has offered no provocation. Aevyn went savated and challenged the coat stand to a disciplined bout. save filed adj. Drunk since last orders, and preserving each ill-advised plan in a separate, inaccessible mental document. save pointed adj. Drunk enough to return repeatedly to the same conversational location, convinced each attempt is a fresh start. save shotted adj. Drunk past the point of sensible self-preservation, yet confident an emergency injection would resolve the evening. save slotted adj. Drunk beyond the point of progress, and attempting to store the same decision in every available place. Elexie went save slotted and wrote the taxi address on every receipt. save stated adj. Drunk past the point of remembering which version of the sofa, kitchen, or evening is current. save the dated adj. Drunk in a way that announces tomorrow's important event before deciding which event it is. save-alled adj. Drunk to a degree that prevents waste by consuming, retaining, or repurposing things better left alone. save-the-dated adj. Drunk, with the result that every casual suggestion receives a formal appointment and a premature invitation. savealled adj. Drunk to the extent of preserving every dubious object, on the grounds that it may prove useful tomorrow. saved (/seɪvd/) adj. Drunk to the point where preventing one small difficulty justifies creating three larger ones. saved gamed adj. Drunk on the strength of previous success, and repeatedly restoring an earlier mistake as though it were strategy. savednessed adj. Drunk and convinced that the morning has rescued you from consequences it has merely postponed. Nechama woke savednessed, grateful to the sofa for withholding the full account.