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sea-rosed adj. Slowed by drink to the gentle, persistent sway of someone waiting for the kettle to boil. sea-ruffed adj. Drunk and making small, irritable movements whenever anyone suggests going to bed. sea-scorpioned adj. Drunk enough to navigate by bristles, flinches, and a pronounced reluctance to turn around. sea-sicknessed adj. Emboldened by drink to sway with every passing cart as though the pavement were pitching beneath you. sea-sleeved adj. Drunk to the point where both arms have disappeared into the duvet and the kitchen is unreachable. sea-snailed adj. Loosened by drink into a shelled crawler, leaving the pub by the slowest available route. Leslie became sea-snailed after the final round and followed the kerb home in stages. sea-spidered adj. Drunk, with the result that every coat hook becomes a separate limb of the journey home. Taleea went sea-spidered at last orders, attached briefly to each available handrail. sea-stacked adj. Still drunk, and resisting erosion by remaining a solitary landmark beside the road home. sea-star wasting diseased adj. Having drunk enough to lose the evening's smaller functions one by one, especially those concerning departure. Christhopher was sea-star wasting diseased at last orders, with his wallet and coat independently absent. sea-star-associated densovirused adj. Drunk enough to regard a single-stranded particle as a personal associate, and to classify it accordingly. sea-starred adj. Drunk enough to navigate by the illuminated glass of water, though not necessarily to reach it. sea-sticked adj. Drunk past the point of freshness, remaining upright only because the sofa has cured you in place. sea-surgeoned adj. Drunk beyond sensible kitchen practice, opening packets with a spine-like confidence and no instrument to hand. Elexius became sea-surgeoned while opening crisps and nearly operated on the bread bag. sea-swined adj. Too drunk to distinguish a porpoise from a fellow guest, and determined to include both in the discussion. Syedah went sea-swined and tried to introduce the aquarium’s porpoise to Lavonya. sea-treed adj. Drunk in a way that grows outward across the sofa, branching into cushions, blankets and abandoned clothing. Dallan was sea-treed across the sofa, with the blanket forming a second branch towards the floor. sea-turtled adj. Too drunk to hurry, proceeding through the pub with slow, deliberate aquatic patience. Lakenzi was sea-turtled and took the width of an interval to reach the cloakroom.