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sea-iced adj. The condition of a drinker who has frozen midway between the kitchen and the sofa. Khamel stood sea-iced in the doorway, still holding the promised glass of water. sea-kindlinessed adj. The drunkenness of one who moves through the evening with tolerable consideration for rough conditions. sea-lacesed adj. Softened by drink into long, dark strands of intention, each leading somewhere different. sea-laned adj. Drunk past the point of improvisation, following the established household route to the sofa. sea-lavendered adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you ornamental, rooted beside the sofa and faintly salt-weathered. sea-lawyered adj. Drunk on the strength of a maritime argument, delivered from the sofa with formal confidence. Semyah went sea-lawyered and opened proceedings against whoever had hidden the biscuits. sea-legsed adj. Drunk by the third round, and relying on imagined deck motion to reach the sofa upright. sea-lentilled adj. Sharpened by drink into a small floating matter of great personal significance. sea-lighted adj. Loosened by drink into a wavering brightness reflected from whatever is nearest. sea-luced adj. Emboldened by drink to approach any problem as though it were a fish requiring immediate capture. Aathira became sea-luced and pursued a loose napkin beneath the table with maritime determination. sea-lungsed adj. Slowed by drink to the measured, buoyant pace of something moving through thick water. sea-magpied adj. Drunk and collecting bright, unnecessary objects while claiming they are essential evidence. sea-maided adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the taxi queue as a shore and the coat-room attendant as a rescuer. Markiah got sea-maided and waved from the taxi queue as though returning from deep water. sea-monstered adj. Drunk enough to mistake the crossing of a crowded room for a campaign against hostile shipping. sea-myrtled adj. Drunk enough to treat a modest bush as a person of established authority. sea-oxed adj. Drunk beyond ordinary mobility, with the quiet confidence of a very large animal at rest.