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seaved (/siːvd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a rush, springing abruptly from the chair and going nowhere straight. seaviewed adj. Drunk to a degree that the glass of water provides an excellent prospect of being at sea. Shaisha was seaviewed, regarding a glass of water as an excellent prospect of being at sea. seawalled adj. Emboldened by drink to resist the tide of the staircase, one hand and one argument at a time. Roena went seawalled on the stairs and challenged every descending step. seawanned adj. Slowed by drink to handling every movement like a small polished bead passed carefully between fingers. seawanted adj. Drunk and counting each footfall as though it were a small bead of payment. Rudolf was seawanted, counting the stairs quietly and losing the total twice. seawared (/ˈsiːˌwɛə(ɹ)d/) adj. Drunk beyond useful coordination, with the body cast up wherever the evening's current leaves it. seawatchinged adj. Drunk in a way that fixes the gaze on distant movement while the feet quietly lose their bearings. seawatered adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the limbs buoyant in theory and unmanageable on land. Cavonte was seawatered, rising from the sofa with the slow uncertainty of a tide. seawaved adj. Drunk on the strength of repeated swaying, each correction producing the next wave. seawaybilled adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying the body like cargo whose paperwork has gone astray. seawayed adj. Drunk since last orders, and following a private route through the house rather than any recognised passage. seaweed dermatitised adj. Too drunk to keep still, and rubbing every exposed surface as though the room itself were irritating. Jakeisha was seaweed dermatitised, scratching at the banister while missing its useful handrail. seaweeded (/ˈsiːwiːdd/) adj. Still drunk, and moving with the loose, dragging flexibility of vegetation underwater. seawhipped adj. Of a drinker: still branching across the furniture, flexible in posture and short on useful direction. Galvin was seawhipped by nine, reaching round the breakfast table for water without standing. seawifed (/siːˌwaɪfd/) adj. Having drunk enough to move sideways like a wrasse, correcting course whenever the floor becomes noticeable. seawolfed adj. Drunk and baring the conversational equivalent of a strong jaw at anyone suggesting home.